It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Stanley Kramer.

Cast

• Spencer Tracy as C. G. Culpepper
• Milton Berle as J. Russell Finch
• Sid Caesar as Melville Crump
• Buddy Hackett as Benjy Benjamin
• Ethel Merman as Mrs. Marcus
• Mickey Rooney as Ding 'Dingy' Bell
• Dick Shawn as Sylvester Marcus
• Phil Silvers as Otto Meyer
• Terry-Thomas as J. Algernon Hawthorne
• Jonathan Winters as Lennie Pike
• Edie Adams as Monica Crump
• Dorothy Provine as Emeline Marcus-Finch
• Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Second Cab Driver
• Jim Backus as Tyler Fitzgerald
• Ben Blue as Biplane Pilot
• Joe E. Brown as Union Official
• Alan Carney as Police Sergeant
• Chick Chandler as Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat
• Barrie Chase as Sylvester's Girlfriend
• Lloyd Corrigan as The Mayor
• William Demarest as Police Chief Aloysius
• Selma Diamond as Ginger Culpepper (voice)
• Andy Devine as Sheriff of Crockett County
• Peter Falk as Third Cab Driver
• Norman Fell as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
• Paul Ford as Col. Wilberforce
• Stan Freberg as Deputy Sheriff
• Louise Glenn as Billie Sue Culpepper (voice)
• Leo Gorcey as First Cab Driver
• Sterling Holloway as Fire Chief
• Marvin Kaplan as Irwin
• Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Dinckler
• Buster Keaton as Jimmy the Crook
• Charles Lane as Airport Manager
• Don Knotts as Nervous Motorist
• Mike Mazurki as Miner
• Charles McGraw as Lt. Matthews
• Cliff Norton as Reporter
• Zasu Pitts as Gertie - Switchboard Operator
• Carl Reiner as Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo

Crew

• Stanley Kramer — Director
• William Rose — Screenplay
• Tania Rose — Screenplay
• Stanley Kramer — Producer
• Ernest Gold — Original Music Composer
• Ernest Laszlo — Director of Photography

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