It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) - film review
Stanley Kramer
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime

Summary
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is an American action film first released in 1963,
directed by Stanley Kramer.
The film stars Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar and Buddy Hackett.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Stanley Kramer
- Script: William Rose, Tania Rose
- Photo: Ernest Laszlo
- Music: Ernest Gold
- Cast: Spencer Tracy (Capt. C. G. Culpepper), Milton Berle (J. Russell Finch), Sid Caesar (Melville Crump, DDS), Buddy Hackett (Benjy Benjamin), Ethel Merman (Mrs. Marcus), Mickey Rooney (Ding ’Dingy’ Bell), Dick Shawn (Sylvester Marcus), Phil Silvers (Otto Meyer), Terry-Thomas (Lt.Col. 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), Andy Devine (Sheriff of Crockett County), Selma Diamond (Ginger Culpepper), 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), Leo Gorcey (First cab driver), Sterling Holloway (Fire Chief), Edward Everett Horton (Mr. Dinckler), Marvin Kaplan (Irwin), Buster Keaton (Jimmy the Crook), Don Knotts (Nervous Motorist), Charles Lane (Airport manager), 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 (Migrant truck driver), Joe DeRita (Fireman), Larry Fine (Fireman), Moe Howard (Fireman), Sammee Tong (Chinese laundryman), Jesse White (Radio tower operator at Rancho Conejo), Jimmy Durante (Smiler Grogan), Jack Benny (Man in car in desert), Paul Birch (Policeman), John Clarke (Helicoper Pilot), Stanley Clements (Detective in squad room), Frankie Darro (Plain clothed cop in police station (unconfirmed)), Howard Da Silva (Airport Officer), Minta Durfee (Bit part), Roy Engel (Patrolman), James Flavin (Patrolman), Nicholas Georgiade (Detective at Grogan’s crash site), Stacy Harris (Police radio voice unit F-7), Don C. Harvey (Policeman in helicopter), Allen Jenkins (Police officer), Robert Karnes (Police Officer Simmy), Tom Kennedy (Traffic cop), Harry Lauter (Police dispatcher), Ben Lessy (George (steward)), Bobo Lewis (Pilot’s wife), Jerry Lewis (Man who runs over hat), Bob Mazurki (Eddie (miner’s son)), Barbara Pepper (Bit part), Eddie Ryder (Air traffic control tower staffer), Charles Sherlock (Crowd Extra), Eddie Smith (Extra), Doodles Weaver (Hardware Store Clerk)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 182 min
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