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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.
Keywords
tycoon
pre-code
road hog
condemned man
Casts
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 (uncredited)
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
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Clara T. Bracy
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
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
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Effie Ellsler
Mrs. Scott - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Margaret Fealy
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Harry Forsman
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Mike - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Hallene Hill
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Fred Holmes
China Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Detective (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Prison Barber (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Lydia Knott
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Ruby Lafayette
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Marc Lawrence
Henchman of Mike the Gangster (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
Mr. Brown (uncredited)
Ida Lewis
Mrs. Davis - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Margaret Mann
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Charles McMurphy
Mike - Bank Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Frances Moffett
Glidden's Secretary (uncredited)
William V. Mong
Harry - Jackson's Fence (uncredited)
Gertrude Norman
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Barbara Norton
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Walter Percival
Carnival Concessionaire (uncredited)
Mildred Pitts
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
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
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Alice H. Smith
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
John St. Polis
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Mr. Galloway - Bank Manager (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Frederick Sullivan
Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Emma Tansey
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Kent Taylor
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Jerry Tucker
Crying Boy with Balloon (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
Mike - Jackson's Gangster Friend (uncredited)
Mai Wells
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Joy Winthrop
Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Edith Yorke
Idylwood Resident with Parkinson's Disease (uncredited)
Crews
H. Bruce Humberstone
Director
Norman Z. McLeod
Director
Norman Taurog
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Director
William A. Seiter
Director
James Cruze
Director
Stephen Roberts
Director
Robert Sparks
Story
Robert Hardy Andrews
Original Story
William Slavens McNutt
Writer
Grover Jones
Adaptation
Alvin Wyckoff
Director of Photography
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Writer
John Bright
Writer
Oliver H.P. Garrett
Writer
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Story
William Slavens McNutt
Adaptation
Benjamin Glazer
Associate Producer
Harry Fischbeck
Director of Photography
Fred A. Datig
Casting
Claude Binyon
Writer
Isabel Dawn
Writer
Ernst Lubitsch
Writer
Louis D. Lighton
Associate Producer
Charles Schoenbaum
Director of Photography
Harvey Gates
Writer
LeRoy Stone
Editor
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Adaptation
Lester Cole
Writer
Lawton Mackall
Writer
Sidney Buchman
Writer
Boyce DeGaw
Writer
John Leipold
Original Music Composer
Lothar Mendes
Director
Emanuel Cohen
Executive Producer
Ernst Lubitsch
Production Supervisor
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer
Whitney Bolton
Writer
Robert Sparks
Writer
Gilbert Warrenton
Director of Photography
William J. Scully
Assistant Director
Ernest Johnson
Props
Cliff Shirpser
Assistant Camera
Philip Wisdom
Sound Recordist
George T. Clemens
Second Assistant Camera
Harold Schwartz
Unit Manager
Bernhard Kaun
Additional Music
Arthur Jacobson
Assistant Director
Paul Jones
Assistant Director
Edward Dmytryk
Assistant Editor
Lou Asher
Props
Frank Titus
Second Assistant Camera
Frank Grenzback
Sound Recordist
Backdrops & Posters
