It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Alan Carney
Police Sergeant
Chick Chandler
Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat
Barrie Chase
Sylvester's Girlfriend
Lloyd Corrigan
The Mayor
William Demarest
Police Chief Aloysius
Selma Diamond
Ginger Culpepper (voice)
Andy Devine
Sheriff of Crockett County
Peter Falk
Third Cab Driver
Norman Fell
Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
Paul Ford
Col. Wilberforce
Stan Freberg
Deputy Sheriff
Louise Glenn
Billie Sue Culpepper (voice)
Leo Gorcey
First Cab Driver
Sterling Holloway
Fire Chief
Marvin Kaplan
Irwin
Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Dinckler
Buster Keaton
Jimmy the Crook
Charles Lane
Airport Manager
Don Knotts
Nervous Motorist
Mike Mazurki
Miner
Charles McGraw
Lt. Matthews
Cliff Norton
Reporter
Zasu Pitts
Gertie - Switchboard Operator
Carl Reiner
Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo
Madlyn Rhue
Secretary Schwartz
Roy Roberts
Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage
Arnold Stang
Ray
Nick Stewart
Driver run off highway
Moe Howard
Airport Firemen #1
Larry Fine
Airport Firemen #2
Joe DeRita
Airport Firemen #3
Sammee Tong
Laundryman
Jimmy Durante
Smiler Grogan
Jack Benny
Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Doodles Weaver
Hardware Store Clerk (uncredited)
Jesse White
Air Traffic Controller
Al Bain
Spectator (uncredited)
Stanley Clements
Reporter (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Spectator (uncredited)
Morey Amsterdam
Uncle Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
Matron (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Detective (uncredited)
John Clarke
Helicoper Pilot (uncredited)
Roy Engel
Patrolman / Police Radio Voice Unit F-14 (uncredited)
Nicholas Georgiade
Detective at Grogan's Crash Site (uncredited)
Stacy Harris
Police Radio Unit F-7 (voice) (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey
Policeman in Helicopter (uncredited)
John Indrisano
Hard Hat in Crowd (uncredited) / Stunts
Allen Jenkins
Cop (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Crowd Member (uncredited)
Paul Sorensen
Hardhat in Crowd Next to Joe E Brown. (uncredited)
Lennie Weinrib
F-14 / Ladder Fireman (voice) (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Stunts
Stanley Kramer
Director / Producer
Rudolph Sternad
Production Design
Helen Thurston
Stunt Double
Richard E. Butler
Stunts
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charles F. Wheeler
Camera Operator
Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer / Songs
Frederic Knudtson
Editor
Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator
John K. Kean
Sound Engineer
Eddie Smith
Stunts
Dick Crockett
Stunts
Bill Thomas
Costume Design
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Morris Rosen
Grip
Saul Bass
Title Designer
William Rose
Screenplay / Story
Robert C. Jones
Editor
Joseph Kish
Set Decoration
Tom Steele
Stunts
George Robotham
Stunt Double
Gene Fowler Jr.
Editor
Buddy Van Horn
Stunts
Tania Rose
Screenplay / Story
Bob Herron
Stunts
Paul Mantz
Aerial Coordinator
Dale Van Sickel
Stunt Driver
Chuck Hayward
Stunts
Gary Epper
Stunts
Bill Couch
Stunt Double
Paul Stader
Stunts
Wally Rose
Stunts
John Hudkins
Stunt Double
George DeNormand
Stunts
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
Loren Janes
Stunt Double
Gordon Gurnee
Art Direction
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager
George Lane
Makeup Artist
Carol Daniels
Stunts
Anne P. Kramer
Producer's Assistant
Regis Parton
Stunt Double
George R. Batcheller Jr.
Assistant Director
Gil Perkins
Stunts
Jack Perkins
Stunts
Linwood G. Dunn
Visual Effects
Connie Nichols
Hairdresser
Lynn F. Reynolds
Makeup Artist
Walt La Rue
Stunts
Hal McAlpin
Additional Photography
Joe King
Costume Supervisor
Vinton Vernon
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ivan Volkman
Other
Paul Baxley
Stunts
Dick Johnson
Assistant Camera
Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double
Danny Lee
Special Effects
Fred Scheiwiller
Stunts
Roy Granville
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Walter Elliott
Sound Editor
Art Cole
Property Master
Dick Geary
Stunts
May Boss
Stunt Double
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 7, 1963
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 17m
Content RatingG
Budget$9,400,000
Box Office$60,000,000
Filming LocationsLong Beach · San Diego · Santa Monica · Santa Rosa · Malibu, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American epic comedy film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer with a story and screenplay by William Rose and Tania Rose. The film, starring Spencer Tracy with an all-star cast of comedians, is about the madcap pursuit of a suitcase full of stolen cash by a colorful group of strangers. It premiered on November 7, 1963. 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, such as The Defiant Ones, Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremberg, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. His first attempt at directing a comedy film paid off immensely as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World became a critical and commercial success and was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning for Best Sound Editing, and two Golden Globe Awards.
Against Kramer's wishes, the film was cut by its distributor United Artists to reduce the film's running time to 160 minutes for its general release. On October 15, 2013, it was announced that the Criterion Collection had collaborated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists, and film restoration expert Robert A. Harris to reconstruct and restore It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World to be as close as possible to the original 202-minute version envisioned by Kramer. It was released in a five-disc "Dual Format" Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack on January 21, 2014.The film featured at number 40 in the American Film Institute's list 100 Years...100 Laughs.