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A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
Language
Budget$665,603
Revenue $274,827
No Language
Budget$665,603
Revenue $274,827
Keywords
gold
greed
marriage
lottery
gold mine
money
tragedy
murder
poverty
wedding
dentist
death
silent film
lottery ticket
compulsive hoarding
partially lost film
Casts
Gibson Gowland
John McTeague
Zasu Pitts
Trina
Jean Hersholt
Marcus
Dale Fuller
Maria
Tempe Pigott
Mother McTeague
Sylvia Ashton
Mommer Sieppe
Chester Conklin
Popper Sieppe
Joan Standing
Selina
Jack Curtis
McTeague Sr. (uncredited)
James F. Fulton
Cribbens a Prospector (uncredited)
Florence Gibson
Hag (uncredited)
Cesare Gravina
Zwerkow a Junkman (uncredited)
Frank Hayes
Charles W. Grannis (uncredited)
Austen Jewell
August Sieppe (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Mrs. Heise (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
Gossip (uncredited)
Hughie Mack
Mr. Heise (uncredited)
Jack McDonald
Placer County Sheriff (uncredited)
Fanny Midgley
Anastasia Baker (uncredited)
Lon Poff
Lottery Agent (uncredited)
S.S. Simon
Joe Frenna (uncredited)
Erich von Ritzau
Dr. Painless Potter (uncredited)
Erich von Stroheim
Balloon Vendor (uncredited)
James Wang
Chinese Cook (uncredited)
Max Tyron
Uncle Rudolph Oelbermann (uncredited)
Crews
Frank Norris
Novel
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Joseph Farnham
Editor
Erich von Stroheim
Director
Erich von Stroheim
Production Design
Irving Thalberg
Producer
Erich von Stroheim
Screenplay
June Mathis
Screenplay
Ben F. Reynolds
Director of Photography
J.J. Cohn
Production Manager
Louis Germonprez
Assistant Director
Cedric Gibbons
Set Decoration
Erich von Stroheim
Art Direction
Richard Day
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Harry Rapf
Production Manager
Edward Sowders
Assistant Director
Paul Ivano
Camera Operator
Frank E. Hull
Editor
Louis B. Mayer
Executive Producer
Leo Kempinski
Music
Warren Lynch
Still Photographer
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Camera Operator
James V. King
Projection
Joseph Farnham
Title Graphics
William Axt
Original Music Composer
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