- If I Had a Million
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name = If I Had A Million
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producer =Emanuel Cohen
writer =Robert Hardy Andrews
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starring =Gary Cooper Charles Laughton George Raft W.C. Fields Richard Bennett
music =John Leipold
cinematography =Harry Fischbeck
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released =2 December 1932
runtime = 88 min
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0023049"If I Had a Million" is an American film released by Paramount Studios in 1932 starring
Gary Cooper ,Charles Laughton ,George Raft ,W. C. Fields , and Richard Bennett.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 andNorman Taurog , and scripted by many different writers, amongst whomJoseph L. Mankiewicz makes a large contribution. The cast represents a wide selection of the talent available at Paramount at the time andW.C. Fields ,Gary Cooper ,Charles Laughton ,George Raft ,May Robson ,Charles Ruggles ,Jack Oakie ,Frances Dee , andGene Raymond are among the recipients. The film is based on a novel by Robert Andrews.Cast
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Gary Cooper as Steve Gallagher
*Charles Laughton as Phineas V. Lambert
*George Raft as Eddie Jackson
*Jack Oakie as Pvt. Mulligan
*Richard Bennett as John Glidden
*Charles Ruggles (credited as Charlie Ruggles) as Henry Peabody
*Alison Skipworth as Emily la Rue
*W.C. Fields as Rollo La Rue
*Mary Boland as Mrs. Peabody
*Roscoe Karns as Pvt. O'Brien
*May Robson as Mrs. Mary WalkerInfobox actor
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yearsactive =The 1950s television series, "
The Millionaire ", was based on a similar concept.References
*Andrews, Robert Hardy. "Windfall: A Novel About Ten Million Dollars". The John Day Co., New York, 1931
External links
*imdb title|id=0023049|title=If I Had A Million
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