Poster for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

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

1963, action, adventure, comedy, crime

163 minutes

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.

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Cast

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

C. G. Culpepper

Milton Berle

Milton Berle

J. Russell Finch

Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar

Melville Crump

Buddy Hackett

Buddy Hackett

Benjy Benjamin

Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman

Mrs. Marcus

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Ding 'Dingy' Bell

Dick Shawn

Dick Shawn

Sylvester Marcus

Phil Silvers

Phil Silvers

Otto Meyer

Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

J. Algernon Hawthorne

Jonathan Winters

Jonathan Winters

Lennie Pike

Edie Adams

Edie Adams

Monica Crump

Dorothy Provine

Dorothy Provine

Emeline Marcus-Finch

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Second Cab Driver

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Tyler Fitzgerald

Ben Blue

Ben Blue

Biplane Pilot

Joe E. Brown

Joe E. Brown

Union Official

Alan Carney

Alan Carney

Police Sergeant

Chick Chandler

Chick Chandler

Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat

Barrie Chase

Barrie Chase

Sylvester's Girlfriend

Lloyd Corrigan

Lloyd Corrigan

The Mayor

William Demarest

William Demarest

Police Chief Aloysius

Selma Diamond

Selma Diamond

Ginger Culpepper (voice)

Andy Devine

Andy Devine

Sheriff of Crockett County

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

Third Cab Driver

Norman Fell

Norman Fell

Detective at Grogan's Crash Site

Paul Ford

Paul Ford

Col. Wilberforce

Stan Freberg

Stan Freberg

Deputy Sheriff

Louise Glenn

Billie Sue Culpepper (voice)

Leo Gorcey

Leo Gorcey

First Cab Driver

Sterling Holloway

Sterling Holloway

Fire Chief

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

Mr. Dinckler

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Jimmy the Crook

Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Nervous Motorist

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Airport Manager

Mike Mazurki

Mike Mazurki

Miner

Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

Lt. Matthews

Cliff Norton

Reporter

Zasu Pitts

Zasu Pitts

Gertie - Switchboard Operator

Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner

Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo

Madlyn Rhue

Madlyn Rhue

Secretary Schwartz

Roy Roberts

Roy Roberts

Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage

Nick Stewart

Driver run off highway

Moe Howard

Moe Howard

Airport Firemen #1

Larry Fine

Larry Fine

Airport Firemen #2

Joe DeRita

Joe DeRita

Airport Firemen #3

Sammee Tong

Laundryman

Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

Smiler Grogan

Jack Benny

Jack Benny

Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

Doodles Weaver

Doodles Weaver

Hardware Store Clerk (uncredited)

Jesse White

Jesse White

Air Traffic Controller

Al Bain

Spectator (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Gordon Gurnee

Art direction

Rudolph Sternad

Production design

Art Cole

Property master

Joseph Kish

Set decoration

Camera

Charles F. Wheeler

Camera operator

Costume and make-up

Bill Thomas

Costume design

Joe King

Costume supervisor

Bud Westmore

Bud Westmore

Makeup artist

George Lane

Makeup artist

Lynn F. Reynolds

Makeup artist

Crew

Carey Loftin

Carey Loftin

Stunt coordinator

Directing

Stanley Kramer

Stanley Kramer

Director

Ivan Volkman

Other

Marshall Schlom

Marshall Schlom

Script supervisor

Editing

Lighting

Joseph Edesa

Gaffer

Production

Stanley Kramer

Stanley Kramer

Producer

Bud Pine

Production coordinator

Sound

Art Dunham

Music editor

Ernest Gold

Ernest Gold

Original music composer,

Clem Portman

Sound re-recording mixer

Vinton Vernon

Sound re-recording mixer

Roy Granville

Sound re-recording mixer

Writing

Visual effects

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