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