If I Had a Million (1932)

Directed by

Norman Z. McLeod, H. Bruce Humberstone, James Cruze, William A. Seiter

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dying wealthy businessman gives away his money to eight random people. The film follows how each person reacts to receiving a sudden fortune.

whimsicalepisodiclightheartedheartwarmingsentimentalbittersweetdatedoptimistic

What happens

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. There were seven directors: Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Stephen Roberts, Norman Z. McLeod, James Cruze, William A. Seiter, and H. Bruce Humberstone. Lubitsch, Cruze, Seiter, and Humberstone were each responsible for a single vignette, Roberts and McLeod directed two each, and Taurog was in charge of the prologue and epilogue. The screenplays were scripted by many different writers, with Joseph L. Mankiewicz making a large contribution. The film is based on the 1931 novel Windfall by Robert Hardy Andrews. A wealthy dying businessman played by veteran actor Richard Bennett decides to leave his money to eight complete strangers. Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George Raft, May Robson, Charles Ruggles, and Gene Raymond play some of the lucky beneficiaries. The 1950s television series The Millionaire was based on a similar concept. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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