
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
Cast

Gibson Gowland
John McTeague

Zasu Pitts
Trina

Jean Hersholt
Marcus

Dale Fuller
Maria

Tempe Pigott
Mother McTeague

Sylvia Ashton
Mommer Sieppe

Chester Conklin
Popper Sieppe

Joan Standing
Selina
Jack Curtis
McTeague Sr. (uncredited)
James F. Fulton
Cribbens a Prospector (uncredited)
Florence Gibson
Hag (uncredited)

Cesare Gravina
Zwerkow a Junkman (uncredited)

Frank Hayes
Charles W. Grannis (uncredited)
Austen Jewell
August Sieppe (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Mrs. Heise (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
Gossip (uncredited)

Hughie Mack
Mr. Heise (uncredited)

Jack McDonald
Placer County Sheriff (uncredited)

Fanny Midgley
Anastasia Baker (uncredited)

Lon Poff
Lottery Agent (uncredited)

S.S. Simon
Joe Frenna (uncredited)
Erich von Ritzau
Dr. Painless Potter (uncredited)

Erich von Stroheim
Balloon Vendor (uncredited)
James Wang
Chinese Cook (uncredited)
Max Tyron
Uncle Rudolph Oelbermann (uncredited)
Crew

Erich von Stroheim
Director, Screenplay, Production Design, Art Direction

June Mathis
Screenplay

Frank Norris
Novel

Joseph Farnham
Editor, Title Graphics
Frank E. Hull
Editor
Ben F. Reynolds
Director of Photography

William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Louis Germonprez
Assistant Director
Edward Sowders
Assistant Director
Louis B. Mayer
Executive Producer

Irving Thalberg
Producer

Ernest B. Schoedsack
Camera Operator
Paul Ivano
Camera Operator
William Axt
Original Music Composer
Leo Kempinski
Music

Cedric Gibbons
Set Decoration, Art Direction
Warren Lynch
Still Photographer

Harry Rapf
Production Manager
J.J. Cohn
Production Manager
James V. King
Projection
Richard Day
Art Direction



















