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…
The biggest entertainment ever to rock the screen with laughter!
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.
Top 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
Reviews
_**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…
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…
FAQ about It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
What is It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World about?
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.
When was It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World released?
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was released in 1963.
What genres does It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World belong to?
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is categorised as Adventure, Comedy, Crime.
Who stars in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World?
The cast of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World includes Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman.