If I Had a Million
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.
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| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch Norman Taurog Stephen Roberts Norman Z. McLeod James Cruze William A. Seiter H. Bruce Humberstone Lothar Mendes (uncredited) |
| Written by | Robert Hardy Andrews (story) multiple writers |
| Based on | Windfall 1931 novel by Robert Hardy Andrews |
| Produced by | Emanuel Cohen |
| Starring | Gary Cooper Charles Laughton George Raft W. C. Fields Richard Bennett |
| Cinematography | Harry Fischbeck Charles Edgar Schoenbaum Gilbert Warrenton Alvin Wyckoff (all uncredited) |
| Edited by | LeRoy Stone |
| Music by | John Leipold |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.