If I Had a Million (1932) - film review

James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter, Norman Taurog, Lothar Mendes

Comedy / Drama

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If I Had a Million is an American film comedy-drama first released in 1932, directed by James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter, Norman Taurog and Lothar Mendes. The film stars Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George Raft, Jack Oakie and Richard Bennett. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter, Norman Taurog, Lothar Mendes
Script: Robert Hardy Andrews, Claude Binyon, Whitney Bolton, Malcolm Stuart Boylan, John Bright, Sidney Buchman, Lester Cole, Isabel Dawn, Boyce DeGaw, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Harvey Gates, Grover Jones, Ernst Lubitsch, Lawton Mackall, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, William Slavens McNutt, Robert Sparks
Music: John Leipold
Cast: Gary Cooper (Steve Gallagher), Charles Laughton (Phineas V. Lambert), George Raft (Eddie Jackson), Jack Oakie (Private Mulligan), Richard Bennett (John Glidden), Charles Ruggles (Henry Peabody), Alison Skipworth (Emily La Rue), W.C. Fields (Rollo La Rue), Mary Boland (Mrs. Peabody), Roscoe Karns (Private O’Brien), May Robson (Mrs. Mary Walker), Wynne Gibson (Violet Smith), Gene Raymond (John Wallace), Frances Dee (Mary Wallace), Lucien Littlefield (Zeb – Hamburger Stand Owner), Joyce Compton (Marie – Waitress), Hooper Atchley (Hotel Desk Clerk), Irving Bacon (China Shop Salesman), Eddie Baker (Second Desk Clerk), Reginald Barlow (Otto K. Bullwinkle), Vangie Beilby (Idylwood Resident), Clara T. Bracy (Idylwood Resident), Harry C. Bradley (Uniformed Bank Guard), Bob Burns (Marine Sergeant), James P. Burtis (Marine Jailer), James Bush (Bowen – Teller at Second Bank), A.S. ’Pop’ Byron (Murphy’s Beds Proprietor), Berton Churchill (Warden), Wallis Clark (Mr. Monroe – Bank Executive), Cecil Cunningham (Agnes – Emily’s Friend), Lester Dorr (Pedestrian at Accident), James Durkin (Glidden Associate), Effie Ellsler (Mrs. Scott – Idylwood Resident), Louise Emmons (Idylwood Resident), Bess Flowers (China Store Customer), Blanche Friderici (Mrs. Garvey), Frank Hagney (Mike – Carnival Bouncer), Lillian Harmer (Idylwood Receptionist), Samuel S. Hinds (Lawyer), Fred Holmes (China Shop Clerk), Robert Homans (Detective), Lew Kelly (Prison Barber), Fred Kelsey (Prison Jailer), Tom Kennedy (Joe – Carnival Bouncer), Lydia Knott (Idylwood Resident), Ruby Lafayette (Idylwood Resident), Marc Lawrence (Henchman of Mike the Gangster), Edward LeSaint (Mr. Brown), Ida Lewis (Mrs. Davis – Idylwood Resident), Margaret Mann (Idylwood Resident), Charles McMurphy (Mike – Bank Plainclothesman), Grant Mitchell (Prison Priest), Frances Moffett (Glidden’s Secretary), William V. Mong (Harry – Jackson’s Fence), Clarence Muse (Death Row Singing Prisoner), Gertrude Norman (Idylwood Resident), Gail Patrick (New Secretary at Idylwood), Jack Pennick (Sailor with Violet), Walter Percival (Carnival Concessionaire), Russ Powell (Bartender at Violet’s Hangout), Tom Ricketts (Mrs. Walker’s Dancing Partner at Idylwood), Willard Robertson (Fred – Glidden Associate), Dewey Robinson (Papadopoulos – Idylwood Cook), Fred Santley (Marvin – Glidden Assistant), Syd Saylor (Driver), Margaret Seddon (Mrs. Small – Idylwood Resident), Edwin Stanley (Mr. Galloway – Bank Manager), Larry Steers (Glidden Associate), John St. Polis (Glidden Associate), Emma Tansey (Idylwood Resident), Kent Taylor (Bank Teller), Jerry Tucker (Crying Boy with Balloon), Morgan Wallace (Mike – Jackson’s Gangster Friend), Joy Winthrop (Idylwood Resident), Edith Yorke (Idylwood Resident with Parkinson’s Disease)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 88 min; B&W

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