It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

3h 12m

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7.0/10

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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.

Directors

Stanley Kramer

Writers

William Rose(screenplay by)

Tania Rose(screenplay by)

William Rose(story by)

Stars

Spencer Tracy

Milton Berle

Sid Caesar

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C. G. Culpepper

J. Russell Finch

Melville Crump

Benjy Benjamin

Mrs. Marcus

Ding 'Dingy' Bell

Sylvester Marcus

Otto Meyer

J. Algernon Hawthorne

Jonathan Winters

Lennie Pike

Edie Adams

Monica Crump

Dorothy Provine

Emeline Marcus-Finch

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Second Cab Driver

Tyler Fitzgerald

Biplane Pilot

Union Official

Police Sergeant

Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat

Directors

Stanley Kramer

Writers

William Rose(screenplay by)

Tania Rose(screenplay by)

William Rose(story by)

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6/10

_**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 cite. The opening is compelling, the first act culminating with an amusing sequence where Jonathan Winters’ character levels a gas station in the desert. The wild close with the fire truck ladder and corresponding hospital gag is also superb entertainment. The middle of the film, while fun, can get tedious because emptyheaded shenanigans can only hold your interest for so long. In other words, the movie’s just too long for such madcap misadventures. Nevertheless, it’s a fun, energetic flick with top-rate locations and this is the only way to see so many classic celebrities on screen together. The theatrical cut runs 2 hours, 41 minutes whereas the longest cut runs 3 hours, 30 minutes. There are several other cuts. It was shot entirely in various areas of Southern Cal. GRADE: B-

Wuchak06 Jul, 2020