"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
Vangie Beilby
Clara T. Bracy
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
Effie Ellsler
as Mrs. Scott - Idylwood Resident (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Margaret Fealy
Harry Forsman
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
as Mike - Carnival Bouncer (uncredited)
Hallene Hill
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
Ruby Lafayette
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
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
Barbara Norton
Walter Percival
as Carnival Concessionaire (uncredited)
Mildred Pitts
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
Alice H. Smith
John St. Polis
Edwin Stanley
as Mr. Galloway - Bank Manager (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Frederick Sullivan
Emma Tansey
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
Joy Winthrop
Edith Yorke
as Idylwood Resident with Parkinson's Disease (uncredited)
James Cruze
Director
H. Bruce Humberstone
Ernst Lubitsch
Norman Z. McLeod
William A. Seiter
Norman Taurog
Stephen Roberts
Robert Sparks
Story
Lothar Mendes
Robert Hardy Andrews
Original Story
Claude Binyon
Writer
Whitney Bolton
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
John Bright
Sidney Buchman
Lester Cole
Isabel Dawn
Boyce DeGaw
Oliver H.P. Garrett
Harvey Gates
Lawton Mackall
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
William Slavens McNutt
Adaptation
Grover Jones
Emanuel Cohen
Executive Producer
Benjamin Glazer
Associate Producer
Louis D. Lighton
John Leipold
Original Music Composer
Harry Fischbeck
Director of Photography
Charles Schoenbaum
Gilbert Warrenton
Alvin Wyckoff
LeRoy Stone
Editor
Fred A. Datig
Casting
Production Supervisor
Harold Schwartz
Unit Manager
Arthur Jacobson
Assistant Director
Paul Jones
William J. Scully
Lou Asher
Props
Ernest Johnson
Frank Grenzback
Sound Recordist
Philip Wisdom
George T. Clemens
Second Assistant Camera
Cliff Shirpser
Assistant Camera
Frank Titus
Edward Dmytryk
Assistant Editor
Bernhard Kaun
Additional Music