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

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World( 1963)

TV-MAActionAdventureComedy
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The comedy event of the century, In glorious 70mm!

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Spencer Tracy

      C. G. Culpepper

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      Milton Berle

      J. Russell Finch

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      Sid Caesar

      Melville Crump

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      Buddy Hackett

      Benjy Benjamin

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      Ethel Merman

      Mrs. Marcus

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      Mickey Rooney

      Ding 'Dingy' Bell

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      Dick Shawn

      Sylvester Marcus

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      Phil Silvers

      Otto Meyer

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      Terry-Thomas

      J. Algernon Hawthorne

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      Jonathan Winters

      Lennie Pike

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      Edie Adams

      Monica Crump

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      Dorothy Provine

      Emeline Marcus-Finch

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      Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

      Second Cab Driver

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      Jim Backus

      Tyler Fitzgerald

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      Ben Blue

      Biplane Pilot

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      Joe E. Brown

      Union Official

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      Alan Carney

      Police Sergeant

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      Chick Chandler

      Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat

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      Barrie Chase

      Sylvester's Girlfriend

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      Lloyd Corrigan

      The Mayor

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      William Demarest

      Police Chief Aloysius

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      Selma Diamond

      Ginger Culpepper (voice)

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      Andy Devine

      Sheriff of Crockett County

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      Norman Fell

      Detective at Grogan's Crash Site

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      Paul Ford

      Col. Wilberforce

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      Stan Freberg

      Deputy Sheriff

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      Louise Glenn

      Billie Sue Culpepper (voice)

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      Leo Gorcey

      First Cab Driver

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      Sterling Holloway

      Fire Chief

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      Marvin Kaplan

      Irwin

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      Edward Everett Horton

      Mr. Dinckler

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      Buster Keaton

      Jimmy the Crook

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      Charles Lane

      Airport Manager

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      Don Knotts

      Nervous Motorist

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      Mike Mazurki

      Miner

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      Charles McGraw

      Lt. Matthews

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      Cliff Norton

      Reporter

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      Zasu Pitts

      Gertie - Switchboard Operator

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      Carl Reiner

      Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo

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      Madlyn Rhue

      Secretary Schwartz

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      Roy Roberts

      Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage

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      Arnold Stang

      Ray

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      Nick Stewart

      Driver run off highway

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      Moe Howard

      Airport Firemen #1

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      Larry Fine

      Airport Firemen #2

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      Joe DeRita

      Airport Firemen #3

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      Sammee Tong

      Laundryman

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      Jimmy Durante

      Smiler Grogan

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      Jack Benny

      Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)

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      Jerry Lewis

      Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

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      Doodles Weaver

      Hardware Store Clerk (uncredited)

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      Jesse White

      Air Traffic Controller

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      Al Bain

      Spectator (uncredited)

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      Stanley Clements

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Max Wagner

      Spectator (uncredited)

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      Morey Amsterdam

      Uncle Mike (voice) (uncredited)

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      Lovyss Bradley

      Matron (uncredited)

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      Dick Cherney

      Detective (uncredited)

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      John Clarke

      Helicoper Pilot (uncredited)

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      Roy Engel

      Patrolman / Police Radio Voice Unit F-14 (uncredited)

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      Nicholas Georgiade

      Detective at Grogan's Crash Site (uncredited)

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      Stacy Harris

      Police Radio Unit F-7 (voice) (uncredited)

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      Don C. Harvey

      Policeman in Helicopter (uncredited)

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      John Indrisano

      Hard Hat in Crowd (uncredited)

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      Allen Jenkins

      Cop (uncredited)

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      Tom Kennedy

      Traffic Cop (uncredited)

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      Charles Sherlock

      Crowd Member (uncredited)

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      Paul Sorensen

      Hardhat in Crowd Next to Joe E Brown. (uncredited)

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      Lennie Weinrib

      F-14 / Ladder Fireman (voice) (uncredited)

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      Rudy Germane

      Police Officer (uncredited)

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      Peter Falk

      Third Cab Driver

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Tue Aug 06 2019
    It's every man (and old bag) for himself. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is one of those films that as a child I went to the cinema to watch and then proceeded to talk about it enthusiastically in the playground for weeks afterwards. So I find myself here in my middle age with mixed feelings after just revisiting this extravaganza for the first time in many a year. It's very much a film of three parts to me, and each part impacts differently on the entertainment scale. The first part of this multi cast piece is as madcap and as mirthful as you could honestly wish to see, but this sadly ill ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    9400000.00

    Revenue

    60000000.00

    Keywords

    • prison
    • california
    • airplane
    • chase
    • competition
    • treasure hunt
    • national park
    • slapstick comedy
    • money
    • desert
    • race
    • cash
    • absurd
    • hilarious
    • farcical