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