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