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If I Had a Million is a 1932 American pre-Code Paramount Studios anthology film starring Gary Cooper, George Raft, Charles Laughton, W. C. Fields, Jack Oakie, Frances Dee and Charlie Ruggles, among others.
If I Had a Million: Directed by James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter, Norman Taurog, Lothar Mendes. With Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George Raft, Jack Oakie. A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.
An episodic film with eight sequences united by a common plot device, If I Had a Million (1932) provided an elaborate showcase for some of Paramount's top acting talent including Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George Raft, Jack Oakie, Charlie Ruggles, Frances Dee and rising comic star W.C. Fields.
To prevent his inheritance from going to his greedy family, a steel tycoon (Richard Bennett) chooses eight random strangers and gives them each $1 million.
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If I Had a Million (1932) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A grumpy old tycoon postpones dying a while longer so that he can give his fortune away to strangers, a million dollars at a time. IF I HAD A MILLION is an almost legendary example of a rarely used cinematic form, the episodic film.
If I Had a Million. Episodic film about a dying millionaire who chooses his heirs from a telephone book. Gallagher: Gary Cooper. Jackson: George Raft. Lambert: Charles Laughton. Rollo:...
If I Had a Million. If I Had a Million is a 1932 American comedy drama movie directed by seven directors Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Stephen Roberts, Norman Z. McLeod, James Cruze, William A. Seiter, H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George Raft, May Robson, Charles Ruggles, Gene Raymond.
Synopsis: A dying tycoon (Richard Bennett) decides to give his money away — $1,000,000 at a time — to eight randomly selected names in the telephone book. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Charles Laughton Films.
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.
