United States / Nov 18, 1932
If I Had a Million (1932)
Directed by James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, William A. Seiter, Norman Taurog, Stephen Roberts, Lothar Mendes
1h 28minruntime
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5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
Genres
DramaComedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | If I Had a Million |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date | 18 novembre 1932 |
| Executive producer | Emanuel Cohen |
| Production | Benjamin Glazer, Louis D. Lighton |
| Writer | 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, Ernst Lubitsch, Lawton Mackall, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, William Slavens McNutt, Grover Jones |
| Casting | Fred A. Datig |
| Editing | LeRoy Stone, Edward Dmytryk |
| Cinematography | Harry Fischbeck, Charles Schoenbaum, Gilbert Warrenton, Alvin Wyckoff, George T. Clemens, Cliff Shirpser, Frank Titus |
| Assistant directors | Arthur Jacobson, Paul Jones, William J. Scully, James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, William A. Seiter, Norman Taurog, Stephen Roberts, Lothar Mendes |
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| Camera operators | Harry Fischbeck, Charles Schoenbaum, Gilbert Warrenton, Alvin Wyckoff, George T. Clemens, Cliff Shirpser, Frank Titus |
| Additional photography | Harry Fischbeck, Charles Schoenbaum, Gilbert Warrenton, Alvin Wyckoff, George T. Clemens, Cliff Shirpser, Frank Titus |
| Production design | Lou Asher, Ernest Johnson |
| Art direction | Lou Asher, Ernest Johnson |
| Set decoration | Lou Asher, Ernest Johnson |
| Music | John Leipold, Frank Grenzback, Philip Wisdom |
| Sound | John Leipold, Frank Grenzback, Philip Wisdom |
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