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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.
Release Date: Nov 18, 1932
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: Comedy, Drama
Keywords tycoon, pre-code, road hog, condemned man
Production Companies Paramount Pictures
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Feb 02, 2025
Entered: Apr 13, 2024
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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 Director, Production Supervisor, Writer
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
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