It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $9,400,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $60,000,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.3518 |
Directed By
Stanley Kramer
Crew
Ernest Laszlo
Frederic Knudtson
William Rose
Gene Fowler Jr.
Stanley Kramer
Ernest Gold
Stanley Kramer
Robert C. Jones
Tania Rose
Tap Canutt
Paul Baxley
Max Balchowsky
Gary Epper
Dick Geary
Carl Saxe
Wally Rose
Bill Couch
Jack Perkins
Regis Parton
George DeNormand
Joe Pronto
May Boss
John Indrisano
John Hudkins
Dale Van Sickel
Gil Perkins
Richard E. Butler
Jesse Wayne
Paul Stader
Walt La Rue
George Robotham
Eddie Smith
Sol Gorss
Helen Thurston
Alex Sharp
Dick Crockett
Chuck Hayward
Tom Steele
Carol Daniels
Fred Scheiwiller
Stephanie Epper
Gordon Gurnee
Bill Thomas
Rudolph Sternad
Joseph Kish
Lynn F. Reynolds
George Lane
Buddy Van Horn
Loren Janes
Bob Herron
Bud Westmore
Clem Beauchamp
James Gordon
Ivan Volkman
Bud Pine
Dick Johnson
Walter Elliott
Paul Mantz
Anne P. Kramer
Frank Tallman
Charles Scott
John K. Kean
Morris Rosen
Clem Portman
Charles F. Wheeler
Art Dunham
George R. Batcheller Jr.
Bert Chervin
Joseph Edesa
Irman Roberts
Linwood G. Dunn
Tania Rose
Carey Loftin
William Rose
Connie Nichols
Vinton Vernon
Saul Bass
Hal McAlpin
Joe King
Ernest Gold
Martin Kashuk
Roy Granville
Farciot Edouart
Mack David
Art Cole
Danny Lee
Marshall Schlom
TOP 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
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)
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