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
