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If I Had a Million

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Apr 4

Written By Bettina Klinger

If I Had a Million

Directed by James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Lothar Mendes, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter, and Norman Taurog. 88 mins. (1932)
Gary Cooper – Steve Gallagher
A dying millionaire rejects his greedy heirs and distributes his fortune to eight strangers chosen at random, triggering a series of sharply observed episodes that explore chance, morality, and human nature across Depression-era America.
Also starring Charles Laughton, George Raft, Jack Oakie, Richard Bennett, and Charles Ruggles.
This Paramount anthology brings together leading directors of the early sound era in a multi-story structure later echoed by films such as Grand Hotel. Although top-billed, Gary Cooper appears only in the final segment, entering the film 54 minutes into its running time.

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