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