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

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Plot

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.

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Trailer Official Trailer Featurette It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World - Location Comparison Clip Smiler Grogan Kicks The Bucket Clip Fight At The Gas Station Clip Anybody Can Fly A Plane

Cast

Spencer TracyC. G. Culpepper

Leslie A. PopeJ. Russell Finch

Sid CaesarMelville Crump

Jake MonroeBenjy Benjamin

Ethel MermanMrs. Marcus

Mickey Rooney

Dick ShawnSylvester Marcus

Phil SilversOtto Meyer

Terry-ThomasJ. Algernon Hawthorne

Jonathan WintersLennie Pike

Edie AdamsMonica Crump

Alain FromagerSecond Cab Driver

Jim BackusTyler Fitzgerald

Joe E. BrownUnion Official

Alan CarneyPolice Sergeant

David SchofieldPolice Chief Aloysius

Selma DiamondGinger Culpepper (voice)

Andy DevineSheriff of Crockett County

Stan FrebergDeputy Sheriff

Sterling HollowayFire Chief

Writers and directors

Stanley KramerDirectorf. -0001

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John Chard ★ 6.0/10

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 th…6. Aug 2019

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Wuchak ★ 6.0/10

_**Epic screwball comedy-adventure with an all-star cast is overlong**_ Released in 1963, “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” is grand comedy-adventure about several motorists in the remote desert of…6. Jul 2020

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CinemaSerf ★ 6.0/10

Maybe not since Michael Anderson managed to put together a stellar cast for his "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1956) have we seen quite such an ensemble group of famous faces peppering a light-com…14. Jan 2025

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