It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

163 mins | Comedy, Action, Adventure | Nov. 7, 1963

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.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

163 mins | Comedy, Action, Adventure | Nov. 7, 1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers United Artists, Casey Productions
Original title It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Directors Charles Scott, Bert Chervin, Ivan Volkman, George R. Batcheller Jr., Marshall Schlom, Stanley Kramer
Writers Tania Rose, William Rose

Cast

Spencer Tracy

as C. G. Culpepper

Milton Berle

as J. Russell Finch

Sid Caesar

as Melville Crump

Buddy Hackett

as Benjy Benjamin

Ethel Merman

as Mrs. Marcus

Mickey Rooney

as Ding 'Dingy' Bell

Dick Shawn

as Sylvester Marcus

Phil Silvers

as Otto Meyer

Terry-Thomas

as J. Algernon Hawthorne

Jonathan Winters

as Lennie Pike

Edie Adams

as Monica Crump

Dorothy Provine

as Emeline Marcus-Finch

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

as Second Cab Driver

Jim Backus

as Tyler Fitzgerald

Ben Blue

as Biplane Pilot

Joe E. Brown

as Union Official

Alan Carney

as Police Sergeant

Chick Chandler

as Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat

Barrie Chase

as Sylvester's Girlfriend

Lloyd Corrigan

as The Mayor

William Demarest

as Police Chief Aloysius

Selma Diamond

as Ginger Culpepper (voice)

Andy Devine

as Sheriff of Crockett County

Peter Falk

as Third Cab Driver

Norman Fell

as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site

Paul Ford

as Col. Wilberforce

Stan Freberg

as Deputy Sheriff

Louise Glenn

as Billie Sue Culpepper (voice)

Leo Gorcey

as First Cab Driver

Sterling Holloway

as Fire Chief

Marvin Kaplan

as Irwin

Edward Everett Horton

as Mr. Dinckler

Buster Keaton

as Jimmy the Crook

Charles Lane

as Airport Manager

Don Knotts

as Nervous Motorist

Mike Mazurki

as Miner

Charles McGraw

as Lt. Matthews

Cliff Norton

as Reporter

Zasu Pitts

as Gertie - Switchboard Operator

Carl Reiner

as Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo

Madlyn Rhue

as Secretary Schwartz

Roy Roberts

as Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage

Arnold Stang

as Ray

Nick Stewart

as Driver run off highway

Moe Howard

as Airport Firemen #1

Larry Fine

as Airport Firemen #2

Joe DeRita

as Airport Firemen #3

Sammee Tong

as Laundryman

Jimmy Durante

as Smiler Grogan

Jack Benny

as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)

Jerry Lewis

as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

Doodles Weaver

as Hardware Store Clerk (uncredited)

Jesse White

as Air Traffic Controller

Al Bain

as Spectator (uncredited)

Stanley Clements

as Reporter (uncredited)