Variety
The comic competition is so keen that it is impossible to single out any one participant as outstanding.
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
A diverse group of strangers embark on a mad-cap pursuit of stolen cash in this 1963 epic comedy film directed by Stanley Kramer. Spencer Tracy spearheads an all-star ensemble cast that includes Milton Berle, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney and Ethel Merman.
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 adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was a critical and commercial success, winning a 1964 Academy Award (for Best Sound Editing) and being nominated for five others. It was re-released in 2014 by The Criterion Collection, who, in collaboration with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists and Robert A. Harris, restored much of the lost footage that was cut for its general release in 1963.
Less1963Rating: G205 minsUSA
ActionAdventureComedyCrime
- Director:
- Stanley Kramer ('Guess Who's Coming to Dinner', 'Inherit The Wind', 'Judgment At Nuremberg')
- Writer:
- William RoseTania Rose
- Cast:
- Spencer TracyMilton BerleSid CaesarBuddy HackettEthel MermanMickey RooneyDick ShawnPhil SilversTerry-ThomasJonathan WintersEdie AdamsDorothy Provine
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Awards
Winner of Best Sound Editing (Walter Elliott), 1964 Academy Awards.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Reviews
70%37 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Time Out
Kramer's 'comedy to end all comedy' stretches its material to snapping point but offers happy hours of star-spotting.
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The New York Times
So many excellent actors and stunt men do so much in this film that it is beyond my space allowance to begin to credit them.
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