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