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