"A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife."
Gibson Gowland
as John McTeague
Zasu Pitts
as Trina
Jean Hersholt
as Marcus
Dale Fuller
as Maria
Tempe Pigott
as Mother McTeague
Sylvia Ashton
as Mommer Sieppe
Chester Conklin
as Popper Sieppe
Joan Standing
as Selina
Jack Curtis
as McTeague Sr. (uncredited)
James F. Fulton
as Cribbens a Prospector (uncredited)
Florence Gibson
as Hag (uncredited)
Cesare Gravina
as Zwerkow a Junkman (uncredited)
Frank Hayes
as Charles W. Grannis (uncredited)
Austen Jewell
as August Sieppe (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
as Mrs. Heise (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
as Gossip (uncredited)
Hughie Mack
as Mr. Heise (uncredited)
Jack McDonald
as Placer County Sheriff (uncredited)
Fanny Midgley
as Anastasia Baker (uncredited)
Lon Poff
as Lottery Agent (uncredited)
S.S. Simon
as Joe Frenna (uncredited)
Erich von Ritzau
as Dr. Painless Potter (uncredited)
Erich von Stroheim
as Balloon Vendor (uncredited)
James Wang
as Chinese Cook (uncredited)
Max Tyron
as Uncle Rudolph Oelbermann (uncredited)
Frank Norris
Novel
Ben F. Reynolds
Director of Photography
Screenplay
William H. Daniels
Production Design
June Mathis
Joseph Farnham
Editor
Director
Irving Thalberg
Producer
Cedric Gibbons
Set Decoration
Louis Germonprez
Assistant Director
Art Direction
Edward Sowders
Richard Day
Harry Rapf
Production Manager
J.J. Cohn
Warren Lynch
Still Photographer
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Camera Operator
Louis B. Mayer
Executive Producer
Title Graphics
Frank E. Hull
James V. King
Projection
Leo Kempinski
Music
William Axt
Original Music Composer
Paul Ivano
