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

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.

1963 |3h 17m |  Action, Adventure, Comedy

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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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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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Morey Amsterdam

Uncle Mike (voice) (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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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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Lennie Weinrib

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

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Peter Falk

Third Cab Driver

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$9,400,000.00

Revenue

$60,000,000.00