If I Had A Million
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| If I Had A Million | |
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| Produced by | Emanuel Cohen |
| Written by | Robert Hardy Andrews |
| Music by | John Leipold |
| Cinematography | Harry Fischbeck |
| Release date(s) | 2 December 1932 |
| Running time | 88 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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If I Had A Million is an American film released by Paramount Studios in 1932.
It is an anthology film made up of eight different episodes linked by a common theme: what happens to eight otherwise unconnected people when they're picked out of the phone book by a dying multimillionaire (Richard Bennett) and each endowed with a million dollars.
Each episode is directed by a different director, including Ernst Lubitsch, James Cruze, Norman Z. McLeod, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter and Norman Taurog, and scripted by many different writers, amongst whom Joseph L. Mankiewicz makes a large contribution. The cast represents a wide selection of the talent available at Paramount at the time and W.C. Fields, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George Raft, May Robson, Charles Ruggles, Jack Oakie, Frances Dee, and Gene Raymond are among the recipients. The film is based on a novel by Robert Andrews.
[edit] Cast
- Gary Cooper ... Steve Gallagher
- Charles Laughton ... Phineas V. Lambert
- George Raft ... Eddie Jackson
- Jack Oakie ... Pvt. Mulligan
- Richard Bennett ... John Glidden
- Charles Ruggles ... Henry Peabody (as Charlie Ruggles)
- Alison Skipworth ... Emily La Rue
- W.C. Fields ... Rollo La Rue
- Mary Boland ... Mrs. Peabody
- Roscoe Karns ... Pvt. O'Brien
- May Robson ... Mrs. Mary Walker
- Andrews, Robert Hardy. Windfall: A Novel about Ten Million Dollars. The John Day Co 280pp (New York), 1931
The 1950s television series, The Millionaire, was based on a similar concept.
[edit] External links
If I Had A Million at the Internet Movie Database
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