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)