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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.
A dying billionaire, sick of his greedy relatives, decides to randomly give million dollar checks to strangers picked via the phone book. Since this is in the middle of the depression, the results are eye-popping!
The while our fancies flit across the lore of trundle bed. Yea, over and above it all, this is the simple truth, Had I the coin, and could, I'd spend a million for my youth; Then with my true love I would go a-sparking it again, And look the love upon her grace my tongue could ne'er explain.
An episodic film with eight sequences united by a common plot device, If I Had a Million (1932) provided an elaborate showcase for some of Paramount's top acting talent including Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George Raft, Jack Oakie, Charlie Ruggles, Frances Dee and rising comic star W.C. Fields.
Page 1 of 3, 5 total items. To prevent his inheritance from going to his greedy family, a steel tycoon (Richard Bennett) chooses eight random strangers and gives them each $1 million.
Ornery wealthy businessman John Glidden (Richard Bennett) is dying and doesn't have much time left to sort out his affairs. Disgusted with his greedy family and corporate vultures waiting for their piece of his fortune, he decides to select random names out of the phone book and give them each a million dollars.
May 13, 2023 · Paramount’s nutty omnibus movie has seven directors and a fistful of top stars: Gary Cooper, W.C. Fields, Charles Laughton, Wynne Gibson, Charlie Ruggles, George Raft, Jack Oakie and Frances Dee.
