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