It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
07/11/1963
3h 12m

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.
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)


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
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