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It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
7.4
The dying words of a thief spark a madcap cross-country rush to find some treasure. Director:Stanley Kramer |
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| Spencer Tracy | ... |
Capt. T. G. Culpepper
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| Milton Berle | ... | ||
| Sid Caesar | ... | ||
| Buddy Hackett | ... | ||
| Ethel Merman | ... | ||
| Mickey Rooney | ... | ||
| Dick Shawn | ... | ||
| Phil Silvers | ... | ||
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Terry-Thomas | ... | |
| Jonathan Winters | ... | ||
| Edie Adams | ... | ||
| Dorothy Provine | ... | ||
| Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | ... | ||
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Jim Backus | ... | |
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Ben Blue | ... |
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Storyline
After a long prison sentence Smiler Grogan is heading at high speed to a California park where he hid $350,000 from a job 15 years previously. He accidentally careens over a cliff in view of four cars whose occupants go down to help. The dying Grogan gives details of where the money is buried and when the witnesses fail to agree on sharing the cash, a crazy chase develops across the state. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World See more »Box Office
Budget:
$9,400,000 (estimated)Gross:
$60,000,000 (Worldwide) (December 1970)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
USA: (edited version) | USA: (restored video version) | (Laserdisc version) (extended re-edit) | (original version)Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) (35mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.76 : 1
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Ginger Culpeper: It's Billie Sue. Her new boyfriend, Oscar, was supposed to come down here from Pomona just to meet us. So now, she called him and told him we were goin' away.
Capt. T.G. Culpeper: Well, what's the matter?
Ginger Culpeper: You keep forgetting if a girl is six-feet-five inches tall, she's bound to have special problems. They had some argument and then, they started screaming at each other. And now, the whole engagement's off, and she says she's leaving.
Capt. T.G. Culpeper: Leaving what? Leaving home? Let me talk to her. Get her to the phone.
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uncredited on film, but they did get their names in during the shot where
the giant globe "explodes" and there is a shower of name credits strewn
over the screen. Freeze-frame reveals the names of all the animators. This
is the same animation team who did
A Charlie Brown Christmas. See more »
(1963) (uncredited)
Music by Ernest Gold
Lyrics by Mack David
Played by The Four Mads
Sung by The Shirelles See more »
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Trivia
The scene where Melville accidentally knocks the blowtorch into the stairs with the sledge hammer took 86 takes to get it just right. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Right after the firefighter on rescue ladder yells "One at a time!", the fire escape platform breaks free and Sylvester is clearly seen almost falling off. The next shot shows Sylvester standing in the middle of the crowd on the platform. See more »Quotes
Capt. T.G. Culpeper: [answering phone] : Hello, Ginger? What's the matter now?Ginger Culpeper: It's Billie Sue. Her new boyfriend, Oscar, was supposed to come down here from Pomona just to meet us. So now, she called him and told him we were goin' away.
Capt. T.G. Culpeper: Well, what's the matter?
Ginger Culpeper: You keep forgetting if a girl is six-feet-five inches tall, she's bound to have special problems. They had some argument and then, they started screaming at each other. And now, the whole engagement's off, and she says she's leaving.
Capt. T.G. Culpeper: Leaving what? Leaving home? Let me talk to her. Get her to the phone.
[...]
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Crazy Credits
The animators who animated the opening title sequence were technicallyuncredited on film, but they did get their names in during the shot where
the giant globe "explodes" and there is a shower of name credits strewn
over the screen. Freeze-frame reveals the names of all the animators. This
is the same animation team who did
A Charlie Brown Christmas. See more »
Soundtracks
"You Satisfy My Soul"(1963) (uncredited)
Music by Ernest Gold
Lyrics by Mack David
Played by The Four Mads
Sung by The Shirelles See more »
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