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If I Had a Million
YOU'VE OFTEN SAID IT! NOW SEE WHAT HAPPENS!
1932 | 88m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 18, 1932 |
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| Director: | Ernst Lubitsch, James Cruze, Stephen Roberts, H. Bruce Humberstone, Norman Z. McLeod, William A. Seiter, Norman Taurog, Lothar Mendes |
| Writer: | Ernst Lubitsch, Robert Sparks, Robert Hardy Andrews, Claude Binyon, Whitney Bolton, Malcolm Stuart Boylan, John Bright, Sidney Buchman, Lester Cole, Isabel Dawn, Boyce DeGaw, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Harvey Gates, Lawton Mackall, William Slavens McNutt, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Grover Jones |
| Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
| Keywords | tycoon, pre-code, road hog, condemned man |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 07, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ernst Lubitsch | Writer, Production Supervisor, Director |
| LeRoy Stone | Editor |
| James Cruze | Director |
| Harry Fischbeck | Director of Photography |
| Charles Schoenbaum | Director of Photography |
| Gilbert Warrenton | Director of Photography |
| Fred A. Datig | Casting |
| Harold Schwartz | Unit Manager |
| Arthur Jacobson | Assistant Director |
| Paul Jones | Assistant Director |
| William J. Scully | Assistant Director |
| Lou Asher | Props |
| Ernest Johnson | Props |
| Frank Grenzback | Sound Recordist |
| Philip Wisdom | Sound Recordist |
| Cliff Shirpser | Assistant Camera |
| Frank Titus | Second Assistant Camera |
| Bernhard Kaun | Additional Music |
| Stephen Roberts | Director |
| Robert Sparks | Writer, Story |
| Robert Hardy Andrews | Original Story |
| Claude Binyon | Writer |
| Whitney Bolton | Writer |
| Malcolm Stuart Boylan | Writer |
| John Bright | Writer |
| Sidney Buchman | Writer |
| Lester Cole | Writer |
| Isabel Dawn | Writer |
| Boyce DeGaw | Writer |
| Oliver H.P. Garrett | Writer |
| Harvey Gates | Writer |
| Lawton Mackall | Writer |
| William Slavens McNutt | Adaptation, Writer |
| H. Bruce Humberstone | Director |
| Norman Z. McLeod | Director |
| William A. Seiter | Director |
| Norman Taurog | Director |
| Lothar Mendes | Director |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Adaptation, Writer, Story |
| Grover Jones | Adaptation |
| John Leipold | Original Music Composer |
| Alvin Wyckoff | Director of Photography |
| George T. Clemens | Second Assistant Camera |
| Edward Dmytryk | Assistant Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Glazer | Associate Producer |
| Louis D. Lighton | Associate Producer |
| Emanuel Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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