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