18/11/1932
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
as Steve Gallagher
Charles Laughton
as Phineas V. Lambert
George Raft
as Eddie Jackson
Jack Oakie
as Private Mulligan
Richard Bennett
as John Glidden
Charles Ruggles
as Henry Peabody
Alison Skipworth
as Emily La Rue
W.C. Fields
as Rollo La Rue
Mary Boland
as Mrs. Peabody
Roscoe Karns
as Private O'Brien
May Robson
as Mrs. Mary Walker
Irving Bacon
as China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
Berton Churchill
as Warden (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
Cecil Cunningham
as Agnes - Emily's Friend (uncredited)
Frances Dee
as Mary Wallace (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as China Store Customer (uncredited)
Blanche Friderici
as Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)
Wynne Gibson
as Violet Smith (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
as Idylwood Receptionist (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
as Joe - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Lucien Littlefield
as Zeb - Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
Grant Mitchell
as Prison Priest (uncredited)
Gail Patrick
as New Secretary at Idylwood (uncredited)
Tempe Pigott
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Gene Raymond
as John Wallace (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts
as Mrs. Walker's Dancing Partner at Idylwood (uncredited)
Willard Robertson
as Fred - Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Clarence Muse
as Death Row Singing Prisoner (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
as Second Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
as Otto K. Bullwinkle (uncredited)
Ada Beecher
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Clara T. Bracy
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
as Uniformed Bank Guard (uncredited)
Bob Burns
as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
James P. Burtis
as Marine Jailer (uncredited)
James Bush
as Bowen - Teller at Second Bank (uncredited)
Billy Butts
as Newsboy in Bank (uncredited)
A.S. Byron
as Murphy's Beds Proprietor (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
as Mr. Monroe - Bank Executive (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
as Pedestrian at Accident (uncredited)
James Durkin
as Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Edith Ellison
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Effie Ellsler
as Mrs. Scott - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Margaret Fealy
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Harry Forsman
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
as Mike - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Hallene Hill
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Fred Holmes
as China Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Homans
as Detective (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
as Prison Barber (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Lydia Knott
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Ruby Lafayette
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Marc Lawrence
as Henchman of Mike the Gangster (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint
as Mr. Brown (uncredited)
Ida Lewis
as Mrs. Davis - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Margaret Mann
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Charles McMurphy
as Mike - Bank Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Frances Moffett
as Glidden's Secretary (uncredited)
William V. Mong
as Harry - Jackson's Fence (uncredited)
Gertrude Norman
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Barbara Norton
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Walter Percival
as Carnival Concessionaire (uncredited)
Mildred Pitts
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Russ Powell
as Bartender at Violet's Hangout (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
as Papadopoulos - Idylwood Cook (uncredited)
Fred Santley
as Marvin - Glidden Assistant (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
as Driver (uncredited)
Margaret Seddon
as Mrs. Small - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Cora Shannon
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Alice H. Smith
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
John St. Polis
as Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
as Mr. Galloway - Bank Manager (uncredited)
Larry Steers
as Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Frederick Sullivan
as Glidden Associate (uncredited)
Emma Tansey
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Kent Taylor
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Jerry Tucker
as Crying Boy with Balloon (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
as Mike - Jackson's Gangster Friend (uncredited)
Mai Wells
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Joy Winthrop
as Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Edith Yorke
as Idylwood Resident with Parkinson's Disease (uncredited)
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