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Released
1938 · FILM

Five Millions Seek an Heir

Directed by
Runtime
85 min
Language
DE
Comedy

Synopsis

According to his last will, the rich American uncle of vacuum cleaner salesman Peter Pett only leaves his 5 million dollars to Peter if he is married happily. Otherwise the five million will fall to Peter's Scottish cousin Patrick.

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Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Shot by Ewald DaubScored by Lothar BruhneDesigned by Willi Herrmann

Also known as

  • Fünf Millionen suchen einen Erbende
  • Five Million Look for an Heiren
  • Cinco milloneses
  • Cinque milioni in cerca d'eredeit

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