Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Norman Z. McLeod, H. Bruce Humberstone, James Cruze, Stephen Roberts, and William A. Seiter • 1932 • United States
Starring Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George Raft
An all-star cast of golden-age Hollywood legends adorns this unique and whimsical daydream of a film, organized into a series of vignettes by seven directors (including Ernst Lubitsch), about an eccentric millionaire who decides to leave his money to eight strangers. Some of the beneficiaries include Gary Cooper, W. C. Fields, Charles Laughton, George Raft, and May Robson, each of whom find their lives transformed by the unexpected windfall.
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