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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963 Directed by Stanley Kramer

The biggest entertainment ever to rock the screen with laughter!

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Action , Adventure , Comedy , Crime
Production Companies United Artists , Casey Productions
Budget $9,400,000
Revenue $60,000,000
Release Date 7 November 1963
197 mins
Cast
Spencer Tracy C. G. Culpepper
Milton Berle J. Russell Finch
Sid Caesar Melville Crump
Buddy Hackett Benjy Benjamin
Ethel Merman Mrs. Marcus
Mickey Rooney Ding 'Dingy' Bell
Dick Shawn Sylvester Marcus
Phil Silvers Otto Meyer
Terry-Thomas J. Algernon Hawthorne
Jonathan Winters Lennie Pike
Edie Adams Monica Crump
Dorothy Provine Emeline Marcus-Finch
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Second Cab Driver
Jim Backus Tyler Fitzgerald
Ben Blue Biplane Pilot
Joe E. Brown Union Official
Alan Carney Police Sergeant
Chick Chandler Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat
Barrie Chase Sylvester's Girlfriend
Lloyd Corrigan The Mayor
William Demarest Police Chief Aloysius
Selma Diamond Ginger Culpepper (voice)
Andy Devine Sheriff of Crockett County
Norman Fell Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
Paul Ford Col. Wilberforce
Stan Freberg Deputy Sheriff
Louise Glenn Billie Sue Culpepper (voice)
Leo Gorcey First Cab Driver
Sterling Holloway Fire Chief
Buster Keaton Jimmy the Crook
Charles Lane Airport Manager
Don Knotts Nervous Motorist
Charles McGraw Lt. Matthews
Cliff Norton Reporter
Zasu Pitts Gertie - Switchboard Operator
Carl Reiner Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo
Madlyn Rhue Secretary Schwartz
Roy Roberts Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage
Nick Stewart Driver run off highway
Moe Howard Airport Firemen #1
Larry Fine Airport Firemen #2
Joe DeRita Airport Firemen #3
Sammee Tong Laundryman
Jimmy Durante Smiler Grogan
Jack Benny Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Doodles Weaver Hardware Store Clerk (uncredited)
Al Bain Spectator (uncredited)
Stanley Clements Reporter (uncredited)
Max Wagner Spectator (uncredited)
Morey Amsterdam Uncle Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley Matron (uncredited)
Dick Cherney Detective (uncredited)
John Clarke Helicoper Pilot (uncredited)
Roy Engel Patrolman / Police Radio Voice Unit F-14 (uncredited)
Nicholas Georgiade Detective at Grogan's Crash Site (uncredited)
Stacy Harris Police Radio Unit F-7 (voice) (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey Policeman in Helicopter (uncredited)
John Indrisano Hard Hat in Crowd (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins Cop (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock Crowd Member (uncredited)
Paul Sorensen Hardhat in Crowd Next to Joe E Brown. (uncredited)
Lennie Weinrib F-14 / Ladder Fireman (voice) (uncredited)
Rudy Germane Police Officer (uncredited)
Peter Falk Third Cab Driver
King Donovan Airport Official (uncredited)
James Flavin Patrolman (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Karnes Officer Sammy (uncredited)
Harry Lauter Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Jesse White Radio Tower Operator at Rancho Conejo