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