Cast & Crew

Directed by

James Cruze
(segment "Death Cell")
H. Bruce Humberstone
(segment "The Forger")
Ernst Lubitsch
(segment "The Clerk")
Norman Z. McLeod
(segments "China Shop", "Road Hogs")
Stephen Roberts
(segments "Violet", "Grandma")
William A. Seiter
(segment "The Three Marines")
Norman Taurog
(segments "Prologue", "Epilogue")
Lothar Mendes
(uncredited)

Writing Credits

Robert Hardy Andrews
(based on a story by) (as Robert D. Andrews)
Claude Binyon
Whitney Bolton
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
John Bright
Sidney Buchman
Lester Cole
Isabel Dawn
Boyce DeGaw
Oliver H.P. Garrett
Harvey Gates
Ernst Lubitsch
Lawton Mackall
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
William Slavens McNutt
Robert Sparks
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
(adaptation) (segment "China Shop") (uncredited)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
(adaptation) (segment "Road Hogs") (uncredited)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
(adaptation) (segment "The Three Marines") (uncredited)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
(story) (segment "Violet") (uncredited)
Grover Jones
(adaptation) (segment "Grandma") (uncredited)
Grover Jones
(adaptation) (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)
William Slavens McNutt
(adaptation) (segment "Grandma") (uncredited)
William Slavens McNutt
(adaptation) (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)
Robert Sparks
(story) (segment "China Shop") (uncredited)
Robert Sparks
(story) (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)

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
Hooper Atchley
Hotel Desk Clerk
Irving Bacon
China Shop Salesman
Eddie Baker
Second Desk Clerk
Reginald Barlow
Otto K. Bullwinkle
Ada Beecher
Idylwood Resident
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
Billy Butts
Newsboy in Bank
A.S. 'Pop' Byron
Murphy's Beds Proprietor
Berton Churchill
Warden
Wallis Clark
Mr. Monroe - Bank Executive
Joyce Compton
Marie - Waitress
Cecil Cunningham
Agnes - Emily's Friend
Frances Dee
Mary Wallace
Lester Dorr
Pedestrian at Accident
James Durkin
Glidden Associate
Edith Ellison
Idylwood Resident
Effie Ellsler
Mrs. Scott - Idylwood Resident
Louise Emmons
Idylwood Resident
Margaret Fealy
Idylwood Resident
Bess Flowers
China Store Customer
Harry Forsman
Undetermined Secondary Role
Blanche Friderici
Mrs. Garvey
Wynne Gibson
Violet Smith
Frank Hagney
Mike - Carnival Bouncer
Lillian Harmer
Idylwood Receptionist
Hallene Hill
Idylwood Resident
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
Lucien Littlefield
Zeb - Hamburger Stand Owner
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
Barbara Norton
Idylwood Resident
Gail Patrick
New Secretary at Idylwood
Jack Pennick
Sailor with Violet
Walter Percival
Carnival Concessionaire
Tempe Pigott
Idylwood Resident
Mildred Pitts
Idylwood Resident
Russ Powell
Bartender at Violet's Hangout
Gene Raymond
John Wallace
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
Cora Shannon
Idylwood Resident
Alice H. Smith
Idylwood Resident
John St. Polis
Glidden Associate
Edwin Stanley
Mr. Galloway - Bank Manager
Larry Steers
Glidden Associate
Frederick Sullivan
Glidden Associate
Emma Tansey
Idylwood Resident
Kent Taylor
Bank Teller
Jerry Tucker
Crying Boy with Balloon
Morgan Wallace
Mike - Jackson's Gangster Friend
Mai Wells
Idylwood Resident
Joy Winthrop
Idylwood Resident
Edith Yorke
Idylwood Resident with Parkinson's Disease

Produced by

Emanuel Cohen
executive producer (uncredited)
Benjamin Glazer
associate producer (uncredited)
Louis D. Lighton
associate producer (uncredited)

Music by

John Leipold
(uncredited)

Cinematography by

Harry Fischbeck
(segment "The Clerk") (photographed by) (uncredited)
Charles Edgar Schoenbaum
(segments "Death Cell", "The Three Marines") (photographed by) (uncredited)
Gilbert Warrenton
(segment "China Shop") (photographed by) (uncredited)
Alvin Wyckoff
(segment "Road Hogs") (photographed by) (uncredited)

Editing by

LeRoy Stone
(uncredited)

Casting By

Fred A. Datig
(uncredited)

Production Management

Ernst Lubitsch
production supervisor (uncredited)
Harold Schwartz
unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Arthur Jacobson
assistant director (segment "Death Cell") (uncredited)
Paul Jones
assistant director (segments "Violet", "Grandma", "The Three Marines") (uncredited)
William J. Scully
assistant director (segment "China Shop") (uncredited)

Art Department

Eric Rohman
poster artist: Sweden
Lou Asher
props (uncredited)
Ernest Johnson
props (uncredited)

Sound Department

Frank Grenzback
sound recordist (uncredited)
Philip Wisdom
sound recordist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

George T. Clemens
second assistant camera (segment "Death Cell") (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser
assistant camera (uncredited)
Frank Titus
second assistant camera (segment "Road Hogs") (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Edward Dmytryk
assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Bernhard Kaun
composer: stock music (uncredited)
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