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.
Gary Cooper
Steve Gallagher
Charles Laughton
Phineas V. Lambert
George Raft
Eddie Jackson
Jack Oakie
Private Mulligan
Richard Bennett
John Glidden
Charles Ruggles
Henry Peabody
Alison Skipworth
Emily La Rue
W.C. Fields
Rollo La Rue
Mary Boland
Mrs. Peabody
Roscoe Karns
Private O'Brien
May Robson
Mrs. Mary Walker
Irving Bacon
China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
Berton Churchill
Warden (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
Cecil Cunningham
Agnes - Emily's Friend (uncredited)
Frances Dee
Mary Wallace
Bess Flowers
China Store Customer (uncredited)
Blanche Friderici
Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)
Wynne Gibson
Violet Smith (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
Lawyer (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Lucien Littlefield
Zeb - Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
Grant Mitchell
Prison Priest (uncredited)
Gail Patrick
New Secretary at Idylwood (uncredited)
Tempe Pigott
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Gene Raymond
John Wallace (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
Mrs. Walker's Dancing Partner at Idylwood (uncredited)
Willard Robertson
Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Clarence Muse
Death Row Singing Prisoner (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Second Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
Otto K. Bullwinkle (uncredited)
Ada Beecher
Vangie Beilby
Clara T. Bracy
Harry C. Bradley
Uniformed Bank Guard (uncredited)
Bob Burns
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
Marine Jailer (uncredited)
James Bush
Bowen - Teller at Second Bank (uncredited)
Billy Butts
Newsboy in Bank (uncredited)
A.S. Byron
Murphy's Beds Proprietor (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Mr. Monroe - Bank Executive (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Pedestrian at Accident (uncredited)
James Durkin
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Edith Ellison
Effie Ellsler
Mrs. Scott - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Margaret Fealy
Harry Forsman
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Mike - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Hallene Hill
Fred Holmes
China Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Detective (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Prison Barber (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Lydia Knott
Ruby Lafayette
Marc Lawrence
Henchman of Mike the Gangster (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Mr. Brown (uncredited)
Ida Lewis
Mrs. Davis - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Margaret Mann
Charles McMurphy
Mike - Bank Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Frances Moffett
Glidden's Secretary (uncredited)
William V. Mong
Harry - Jackson's Fence (uncredited)
Gertrude Norman
Barbara Norton
Walter Percival
Carnival Concessionaire (uncredited)
Mildred Pitts
Russ Powell
Bartender at Violet's Hangout (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Papadopoulos - Idylwood Cook (uncredited)
Fred Santley
Marvin - Glidden Assistant (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
Driver (uncredited)
Margaret Seddon
Mrs. Small - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Cora Shannon
Alice H. Smith
John St. Polis
Edwin Stanley
Mr. Galloway - Bank Manager (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Frederick Sullivan
Emma Tansey
Kent Taylor
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Jerry Tucker
Crying Boy with Balloon (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
Mike - Jackson's Gangster Friend (uncredited)
Mai Wells
Joy Winthrop
Edith Yorke
Idylwood Resident with Parkinson's Disease (uncredited)
James Cruze
Director
Claude Binyon
Writer
Whitney Bolton
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
John Bright
Sidney Buchman
Lester Cole
Isabel Dawn
Boyce DeGaw
Oliver H.P. Garrett
Harvey Gates
Ernst Lubitsch
Lawton Mackall
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
William Slavens McNutt
Robert Sparks
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May 12, 2001
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Apr 7, 2010
Feb 7, 1997
Aug 18, 2023
Paramount Pictures
US
United States
English