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.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
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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.
Director
Stanley Kramer
Budget
9.4M
Revenue
60.0M
Status
Released
Production
United Artists, Casey Productions
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
Peter Falk
Third Cab Driver
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
Jesse White
Radio Tower Operator at Rancho Conejo
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)
King Donovan
Airport Official (uncredited)
James Flavin
Patrolman (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert
Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
Officer Sammy (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
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