
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
7.0|7 Nov, 1963|197 min
The biggest entertainment ever to rock the screen with laughter!
7.0|7 Nov, 1963|197 min
Released
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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.
Language
Budget$9,400,000
Revenue $60,000,000
English
Budget$9,400,000
Revenue $60,000,000
Keywords
prison
california
airplane
chase
competition
treasure hunt
national park
slapstick comedy
money
desert
race
cash
absurd
hilarious
farcical
Casts

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

Marvin Kaplan
Irwin

Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Dinckler

Buster Keaton
Jimmy the Crook

Charles Lane
Airport Manager

Don Knotts
Nervous Motorist

Mike Mazurki
Miner

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

Arnold Stang
Ray

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
Crews
Frederic Knudtson
Editor
Tania Rose
Screenplay

Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography

William Rose
Screenplay
Gene Fowler Jr.
Editor

Stanley Kramer
Producer

Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer

Stanley Kramer
Director
Robert C. Jones
Editor

Paul Baxley
Stunts
Tap Canutt
Stunts
Max Balchowsky
Stunts

Jack Perkins
Stunts
Fred Scheiwiller
Stunts

Eddie Smith
Stunts
Gary Epper
Stunts
Helen Thurston
Stunt Double
Wally Rose
Stunts
Joe Pronto
Stunts
Dick Crockett
Stunts
Carol Daniels
Stunts
Regis Parton
Stunt Double

Dale Van Sickel
Stunt Driver
Dick Geary
Stunts
George Robotham
Stunt Double
Paul Stader
Stunts
Alex Sharp
Stunts
Richard E. Butler
Stunts
Bill Couch
Stunt Double
Stephanie Epper
Stunts
Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double
Carl Saxe
Stunts
Gil Perkins
Stunts
George DeNormand
Stunts

Chuck Hayward
Stunts
John Indrisano
Stunts
Sol Gorss
Stunts

John Hudkins
Stunt Double
Walt La Rue
Stunts
May Boss
Stunt Double

Tom Steele
Stunts
Gordon Gurnee
Art Direction
Rudolph Sternad
Production Design
Joseph Kish
Set Decoration
George Lane
Makeup Artist
Bill Thomas
Costume Design
Lynn F. Reynolds
Makeup Artist

Buddy Van Horn
Stunts

Loren Janes
Stunt Double

Bob Herron
Stunts

Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Joe King
Costume Supervisor
Paul Mantz
Aerial Coordinator
Bud Pine
Production Coordinator
Ivan Volkman
Other
Hal McAlpin
Additional Photography
Danny Lee
Special Effects
Dick Johnson
Assistant Camera
Art Dunham
Music Editor

Mack David
Songs
George R. Batcheller Jr.
Assistant Director
Morris Rosen
Grip
Linwood G. Dunn
Visual Effects
Tania Rose
Story
Martin Kashuk
Assistant Grip
Anne P. Kramer
Producer's Assistant
Art Cole
Property Master

Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager
Irman Roberts
Additional Photography
Joseph Edesa
Gaffer
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
John K. Kean
Sound Engineer
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor

William Rose
Story
Charles F. Wheeler
Camera Operator

Ernest Gold
Songs
Walter Elliott
Sound Editor
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank Tallman
Aerial Coordinator
Charles Scott
Assistant Director
James Gordon
Visual Effects
Bert Chervin
Assistant Director
Roy Granville
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vinton Vernon
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Saul Bass
Title Designer
Connie Nichols
Hairdresser

Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator
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