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If I Had a Million

  • 1932
  • Approved
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.4K
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If I Had a Million (1932)
Screwball ComedyComedyDrama

A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.

  • Directors
    • James Cruze
    • H. Bruce Humberstone
    • Ernst Lubitsch
  • Writers
    • Robert Hardy Andrews
    • Claude Binyon
    • Whitney Bolton
  • Stars
    • Gary Cooper
    • Charles Laughton
    • W.C. Fields
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    2.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • James Cruze
      • H. Bruce Humberstone
      • Ernst Lubitsch
    • Writers
      • Robert Hardy Andrews
      • Claude Binyon
      • Whitney Bolton
    • Stars
      • Gary Cooper
      • Charles Laughton
      • W.C. Fields
    • 51User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Gary Cooper
    Gary Cooper
    • Steve Gallagher
    Charles Laughton
    Charles Laughton
    • Phineas V. Lambert
    W.C. Fields
    W.C. Fields
    • Rollo La Rue
    George Raft
    George Raft
    • Eddie Jackson
    Jack Oakie
    Jack Oakie
    • Private Mulligan
    Richard Bennett
    Richard Bennett
    • John Glidden
    Charles Ruggles
    Charles Ruggles
    • Henry Peabody
    • (as Charlie Ruggles)
    Alison Skipworth
    Alison Skipworth
    • Emily La Rue
    Mary Boland
    Mary Boland
    • Mrs. Peabody
    Roscoe Karns
    Roscoe Karns
    • Private O'Brien
    May Robson
    May Robson
    • Mrs. Mary Walker
    Hooper Atchley
    Hooper Atchley
    • Hotel Desk Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    • China Shop Salesman
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Baker
    Eddie Baker
    • Second Desk Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Reginald Barlow
    Reginald Barlow
    • Otto K. Bullwinkle
    • (uncredited)
    Ada Beecher
    • Idylwood Resident
    • (uncredited)
    Vangie Beilby
    • Idylwood Resident
    • (uncredited)
    Clara T. Bracy
    Clara T. Bracy
    • Idylwood Resident
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • James Cruze
      • H. Bruce Humberstone
      • Ernst Lubitsch
    • Writers
      • Robert Hardy Andrews
      • Claude Binyon
      • Whitney Bolton
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    • Trivia
      Three sequences intended for the movie were not in the final print: "The Pheeneys" with Cary Grant, Richard Arlen and Miriam Hopkins, "The Man Who Drops Dead" by Oliver H.P. Garrett, directed by Thornton Freeland with Tallulah Bankhead, and Clive Brook, and "The Randall Marshalls" with Sylvia Sidney, Carole Lombard, Randolph Scott and Fredric March, and directed by Lothar Mendes. It is not known if the first two segments were filmed and dropped or simply not filmed. The last sequence was partially filmed, but dropped because March would not participate in retakes without salary.
    • Goofs
      Discovering he's about to die, millionaire Glidden decides to leave his money to names he's randomly selected from the phone book. But when first name he chooses turns out to be John D. Rockefeller, he flips a few pages further into directory and selects someone named Peabody - a name that would actually have appeared in the book before Rockefeller.
    • Quotes

      Mrs. Mary Walker: There ain't any jail of steel or stone that can hold a body prisoner as tight as one built of old age... and lack of money.

    • Alternate versions
      Some local censors deleted objectionable scenes in the "Violet" and "Death Cell" segments. In "Violet," when she throws off the covers and removes her stockings, and in "Death Cell," the preparation for execution and the opening of the door to the execution chamber.
    • Connections
      Featured in Woman of Tokyo (1933)
    • Soundtracks
      (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You
      (1931) (uncredited)
      Written by Spo-De-Odee
      Sung by an unidentified male voice on a record

    User reviews51

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    Know where I can find it?

    I love this movie. I saw it once 26 years ago. Now I run a classic movie series in my community, and I'd love to find a 16mm print of the feature so I can show it. All I've been able to find is the W.C. Fields sequence, but I want the whole thing. Anyone have any ideas? Please e-mail me!

    I remember finding the sequence of the prostitute receiving the money to be haunting and poignant: she goes to bed, sees she has TWO pillows on the bed, and gets rid of one. No way will she ever sleep with anyone she doesn't want to sleep with!
    • srushton
    • May 10, 2003
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    • Release date
      • February 22, 1933 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • China Shop
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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