Looking this up, there's an older 1945 version of it too... and that's based on a book written in 1902... and there have been a lot of adaptations of it since.

Looking this up, there's an older 1945 version of it too... and that's based on a book written in 1902... and there have been a lot of adaptations of it since. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions Most recently it appears to be a popular theme in China and India. And that goes back further to the The Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Pound_Bank_Note https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Pound_Bank_Note