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