If I Had a Million

Name: If I Had a Million
Director: Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter, H. Bruce Humberstone, Lothar Mendes, Norman Taurog, Norman Z. McLeod, James Cruze, Ernst Lubitsch
Released: 1932
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, W.C. Fields, George Raft, Jack Oakie

1932 · 88 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 2,419 VOTES · DIR. Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter, H. Bruce Humberstone, Lothar Mendes, Norman Taurog, Norman Z. McLeod, James Cruze, Ernst Lubitsch

Overview

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

Dialogue Timeline — 928 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:52 I'm afraid we can't do anything today. We're all upset. Mr Glidden, you know?

00:04:28 - You can't... - I forbid you.

00:06:38 No matter how I distribute my money among them, they'll all be miserable.

00:09:15 Oh, they would, would they? How long am I going to live?

00:12:25 Henry, you've been feeding that rabbit again. Give me your cheque.

00:15:14 I'm not one to whimper and cry.

00:19:00 I get it.

00:26:39 I need it, that's all. And where can I get it?

00:29:36 I'm walking around without a dime, with this!

00:33:25 '24, my dear. I shan't forget that year.

00:36:11 - Is everything all clear? - All clear.

00:39:55 How did you like that, you great snorting road hog?

00:43:46 Why all this?

00:46:23 You won't have to, I said.

00:51:09 Mr Brown?

00:54:40 - Outside, old-timer. - Wait just a minute! I want to explain.

00:57:27 Zeb, we've come to the conclusion that maybe you could advance us a couple...

01:00:24 - The pride of the Marine Corps. - Smack my face.

01:03:28 That's when me and my husband

01:06:28 Why, only yesterday, when I brought a little kitten...

01:10:11 "Dear Muzz..."

01:13:01 - I'm unruly, am I? Meddlesome, am I? - Yes!

01:17:19 That will of his, the one he made all the fuss about...

500:00:00 - I got the rest of that. Go on, you play it.

Cast & Characters

Gary Cooper Steve Gallagher Charles Laughton Phineas V. Lambert W.C. Fields Rollo La Rue George Raft Eddie Jackson Jack Oakie Private Mulligan Richard Bennett John Glidden Charles Ruggles Henry Peabody Alison Skipworth Emily La Rue Mary Boland Mrs. Peabody Roscoe Karns Private O'Brien

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed928

Dialogue density10.5 lines / min

First line00:01:52

Final line500:00:00

Production Record

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

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,419