"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)
Director
Screenplay
June Mathis
Irving Thalberg
Producer
William H. Daniels
Director of Photography
Ben F. Reynolds
Joseph Farnham
Editor
Production Design
Frank Norris
Novel
Richard Day
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Set Decoration
J.J. Cohn
Production Manager
Harry Rapf
Louis Germonprez
Assistant Director
Edward Sowders
Title Graphics
Louis B. Mayer
Executive Producer
William Axt
Original Music Composer
Leo Kempinski
Music
Frank E. Hull
Warren Lynch
Still Photographer
Paul Ivano
Camera Operator
Ernest B. Schoedsack
James V. King
Projection