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

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

7,0 /10 (688 Votes)
1963 EN 192 min

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.

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Release date

07/11/1963

Votes

688

Popularity

3.1

The biggest entertainment ever to rock the screen with laughter!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

192 min

Budget

$9,400,000

Revenue

$60,000,000

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

C. G. Culpepper

Milton Berle

Milton Berle

J. Russell Finch

Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar

Melville Crump

Buddy Hackett

Buddy Hackett

Benjy Benjamin

Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman

Mrs. Marcus

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Ding 'Dingy' Bell

Dick Shawn

Dick Shawn

Sylvester Marcus

Phil Silvers

Phil Silvers

Otto Meyer

Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

J. Algernon Hawthorne

Jonathan Winters

Jonathan Winters

Lennie Pike

Edie Adams

Edie Adams

Monica Crump

Dorothy Provine

Dorothy Provine

Emeline Marcus-Finch

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Second Cab Driver

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Tyler Fitzgerald

Ben Blue

Ben Blue

Biplane Pilot

Joe E. Brown

Joe E. Brown

Union Official

Alan Carney

Alan Carney

Police Sergeant

Chick Chandler

Chick Chandler

Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat

Barrie Chase

Barrie Chase

Sylvester's Girlfriend

Lloyd Corrigan

Lloyd Corrigan

The Mayor

William Demarest

William Demarest

Police Chief Aloysius

Selma Diamond

Selma Diamond

Ginger Culpepper (voice)

Andy Devine

Andy Devine

Sheriff of Crockett County

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

Third Cab Driver

Norman Fell

Norman Fell

Detective at Grogan's Crash Site

Paul Ford

Paul Ford

Col. Wilberforce

Stan Freberg

Stan Freberg

Deputy Sheriff

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Louise Glenn

Billie Sue Culpepper (voice)

Leo Gorcey

Leo Gorcey

First Cab Driver

Sterling Holloway

Sterling Holloway

Fire Chief

Marvin Kaplan

Marvin Kaplan

Irwin

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

Mr. Dinckler

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Jimmy the Crook

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Airport Manager

Don Knotts

Don Knotts

Nervous Motorist

Mike Mazurki

Mike Mazurki

Miner

Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

Lt. Matthews

Cliff Norton

Cliff Norton

Reporter

Zasu Pitts

Zasu Pitts

Gertie - Switchboard Operator

Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner

Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo

Madlyn Rhue

Madlyn Rhue

Secretary Schwartz

Roy Roberts

Roy Roberts

Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage

Arnold Stang

Arnold Stang

Ray

Nick Stewart

Nick Stewart

Driver run off highway

Moe Howard

Moe Howard

Airport Firemen #1

Larry Fine

Larry Fine

Airport Firemen #2

Joe DeRita

Joe DeRita

Airport Firemen #3

Sammee Tong

Sammee Tong

Laundryman

Jesse White

Jesse White

Radio Tower Operator at Rancho Conejo

Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

Smiler Grogan

Jack Benny

Jack Benny

Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

Doodles Weaver

Doodles Weaver

Hardware Store Clerk (uncredited)

Al Bain

Al Bain

Spectator (uncredited)

Stanley Clements

Stanley Clements

Reporter (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Max Wagner

Spectator (uncredited)

Morey Amsterdam

Morey Amsterdam

Uncle Mike (voice) (uncredited)

No photo

Lovyss Bradley

Matron (uncredited)

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Dick Cherney

Detective (uncredited)

John Clarke

John Clarke

Helicoper Pilot (uncredited)

No photo

Roy Engel

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

Nicholas Georgiade

Nicholas Georgiade

Detective at Grogan's Crash Site (uncredited)

Stacy Harris

Stacy Harris

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

Don C. Harvey

Don C. Harvey

Policeman in Helicopter (uncredited)

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John Indrisano

Hard Hat in Crowd (uncredited)

Allen Jenkins

Allen Jenkins

Cop (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

Traffic Cop (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Charles Sherlock

Crowd Member (uncredited)

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Paul Sorensen

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

Lennie Weinrib

Lennie Weinrib

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

No photo

Rudy Germane

Police Officer (uncredited)

King Donovan

King Donovan

Airport Official (uncredited)

James Flavin

James Flavin

Patrolman (uncredited)

No photo

Bobby Gilbert

Spectator (uncredited)

Robert Karnes

Robert Karnes

Officer Sammy (uncredited)

Harry Lauter

Harry Lauter

Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

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John Chard

John Chard

2019-08-06

⭐ 6

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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Wuchak

Wuchak

2020-07-06

⭐ 6

_**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 Southern Cal learning of a buried cache of moolah in Santa Rosita State Park along the coast 200 miles south. A mad scramble to get to the money ensues. The cast is superlative with too many old-time greats to cite. The opening is compelling, the first act culminating with an amusing sequence where Jonathan Winters’ character levels a gas station in the desert. The wild close with the fire tr…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-01-14

⭐ 6

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-comedy. This time, it all starts with Jimmy Durante being thrown from his crashing car and surviving just long enough to tell the gathered crowd of a $350,000 fortune buried under the "Big W". Initially the gang decide to work together to find and share the loot, but they can't agree on a formula to distribute it and so quickly it's every man (or dame) for themselves. How to get there? Well there are…

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