After a long prison sentence Smiler Grogan is heading at high speed to a California park where he hid $350,000 from a job 15 years previously. He accidentally drives over a cliff in view of four cars whose occupants go down to help. The dying Grogan gives details of where the money is buried and when the witnesses fail to agree on sharing the cash, a crazy chase develops across the state.
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It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). USA. Color. Produced by: United Artists. Certification: USA:G Language: English. Genre: Comedy / Runtime: USA:188 min. Sound Mix: Stereo. Special Effects by: Film Effects of Hollywood. Directed by Stanley Kramer. Cast (in credits order): Spencer Tracy.... Capt. T.G. Culpeper. Milton Berle.... J. Russell Finch. Sid Caesar.... Melville Crump. Buddy Hackett.... Benjy Benjamin. Ethel Merman.... Mrs. Marcus. Mickey Rooney.... Ding Bell. Dick Shawn.... Sylvester Marcus. Phil Silvers.... Otto Meyer. Terry-Thomas.... J. Algernon Hawthorne. Jonathan Winters.... Lennie Pike. Edie Adams.... Monica Crump. Dorothy Provine.... Emmeline Finch. Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson.... First Cab Driver. Jim Backus.... Tyler Fitzgerald. Ben Blue.... Airplane Pilot. Joe E. Brown.... Union Official. Alan Carney.... Police Sergeant. Chuck Chandler, Barry Chase (II), Lloyd Corrigan.... Mayor. William Demarest.... Chief Aloysius. Andy Devine.... Sheriff. Selma Diamond.... Culpeper's Wife. Peter Falk.... Second Cab Driver. Norman Fell.... Detective. Paul Ford (I).... Colonel Wilberforce. Stan Freberg.... Deputy Sheriff. Louise Glenn.... Billie Sue. Leo Gorcey.... Third Cab Driver. Sterling Holloway.... Fire Chief. Edward Everett Horton.... Dinckler. Marvin Kaplan.... Irwin. Buster Keaton.... Jimmy the Crook. Don Knotts.... Nervous Man. Charles Lane (I).... Airport Manager. Mike Mazurki.... Sarge. Charles McGraw.... Lieutenant Cliff Norton. Zasu Pitts.... Switchboard Operator. Carl Reiner.... Tower Control. Madlyn Rhue.... Schwartz. Roy Roberts (I), Arnold Stang.... RayNick. Stewart.... Truck Driver. Sammee Tong.... Chinese Laundryman. Jesse White.... Radio Tower Operator. Jimmy Durante.... Smiler Grogan. Jerry Lewis.... Cameo. Jack Benny.... Cameo. Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Barrie Chase.... Mrs. Halliburton. Joe De Rita.... Fireman. Minta Durfee, Larry Fine.... Fireman. Nicholas Georgiade.... Detective. Moe Howard.... Fireman. Ben Lessey.... George the Steward. Bobo Lewis.... Pilot's Wife. Bob Mazurki.... Miner. Written by Tania Rose, William Rose (I). Cinematography by Ernest Laszlo(C:AAN). Music by Ernest Gold(BS:AAN) (O:AAN). Production Design by Rudolph Sternad. Costume Design by Bill Thomas (I). Film Editing by Gene Fowler Jr.(AAN), Robert C. Jones(AAN), Frederic Knudtson(AAN). Produced by Stanley Kramer. Other crew: Saul Bass.... title design. Paul Mantz.... pilot. Frank Tallman.... pilot. Marvin Willens.... stunts.