Drama Comedy
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
Directed by
Stephen Roberts, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Norman Taurog, James Cruze, William A. Seiter, H. Bruce Humberstone
Written by
Whitney Bolton, Isabel Dawn, Ernst Lubitsch, Malcolm Stuart Boylan, John Bright, Sidney Buchman, Lawton Mackall, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Lester Cole, Robert Sparks, William Slavens McNutt, Harvey Gates, Claude Binyon, Boyce DeGaw
Gary Cooper
Steve Gallagher
Charles Laughton
Phineas V. Lambert
W.C. Fields
Rollo La Rue
Grant Mitchell
Prison Priest (uncredited)
Gail Patrick
New Secretary at Idylwood (uncredited)
George Raft
Eddie Jackson
Edith Yorke
Idylwood Resident with Parkinson's Disease (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
China Store Customer (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Roscoe Karns
Private O'Brien
Harry C. Bradley
Uniformed Bank Guard (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Second Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Bartender at Violet's Hangout (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Mr. Galloway - Bank Manager (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Papadopoulos - Idylwood Cook (uncredited)
Marc Lawrence
Henchman of Mike the Gangster (uncredited)
Margaret Mann
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
May Robson
Mrs. Mary Walker
Clarence Muse
Death Row Singing Prisoner (uncredited)
John St. Polis
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
James Durkin
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Margaret Seddon
Mrs. Small - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Richard Bennett
John Glidden
Charles Ruggles
Henry Peabody
Wynne Gibson
Violet Smith (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
Lawyer (uncredited)
William V. Mong
Harry - Jackson's Fence (uncredited)
Bob Burns
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
Willard Robertson
Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Berton Churchill
Warden (uncredited)
Jack Oakie
Private Mulligan
Gene Raymond
John Wallace (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
Kent Taylor
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Clara T. Bracy
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Mary Boland
Mrs. Peabody
Tom Kennedy
Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Frances Dee
Mary Wallace
Mai Wells
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Alison Skipworth
Emily La Rue
James Bush
Bowen - Teller at Second Bank (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
Otto K. Bullwinkle (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Billy Butts
Newsboy in Bank (uncredited)
Cecil Cunningham
Agnes - Emily's Friend (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Mr. Brown (uncredited)
Jerry Tucker
Crying Boy with Balloon (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Detective (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Pedestrian at Accident (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
Driver (uncredited)
Lydia Knott
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Prison Barber (uncredited)
Fred Santley
Marvin - Glidden Assistant (uncredited)
Lucien Littlefield
Zeb - Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
Blanche Friderici
Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)
Ida Lewis
Mrs. Davis - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Tempe Pigott
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Mike - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Marine Jailer (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Mrs. Walker's Dancing Partner at Idylwood (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
Mike - Jackson's Gangster Friend (uncredited)
Walter Percival
Carnival Concessionaire (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Mr. Monroe - Bank Executive (uncredited)
Gertrude Norman
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Ruby Lafayette
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
Margaret Fealy
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Frederick Sullivan
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Effie Ellsler
Mrs. Scott - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Ada Beecher
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
A.S. Byron
Murphy's Beds Proprietor (uncredited)
Edith Ellison
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Harry Forsman
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Hallene Hill
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Fred Holmes
China Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Charles McMurphy
Mike - Bank Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Frances Moffett
Glidden's Secretary (uncredited)
Barbara Norton
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Mildred Pitts
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Cora Shannon
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Alice H. Smith
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Emma Tansey
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Joy Winthrop
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)

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