It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 film by Stanley Kramer
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7.0A 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.
Released: 1963-11-07192 minDir: Stanley KramerAction, Adventure, Comedy, CrimeBudget: $9.4MBox office: $60.0M
Cast
- Spencer Tracy as C. G. Culpepper
- Milton Berle as J. Russell Finch
- Sid Caesar as Melville Crump
- Buddy Hackett as Benjy Benjamin
- Ethel Merman as Mrs. Marcus
- Mickey Rooney as Ding 'Dingy' Bell
Themes
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American Technicolor epic comedy film in Ultra Panavision 70 produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, from a screenplay by William and Tania Rose. The film, starring Spencer Tracy with an all-star cast composed largely of comedians, is about the madcap pursuit of a suitcase full of stolen cash by a colorful group of strangers. The principal cast features Edie Adams, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, and Jonathan Winters.
The film marked the first time Kramer directed a comedy, though he had produced the comedy So This Is New York in 1948. He is best known for producing and directing, in his own words, "heavy drama" about social problems. His first attempt at directing a comedy film paid off immensely as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World became a commercial success and was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning for Best Sound Editing, and two Golden Globe Awards.