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


Theatrical release poster by Jack Davis

Directed by: Stanley Kramer
Release date: November 7, 1963
Running time:
202 min (original cut)
192 min (premiere cut)
161 min (theatrical cut)


Left to right: Edie Adams, Sid Caesar, Jonathan Winters,
Ethel Merman, Milton Berle, Mickey Rooney
and Buddy Hackett

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American epic comedy film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer with a story and screenplay by William Rose and Tania Rose. The film, starring Spencer Tracy with an all-star cast of comedians, is about the madcap pursuit of a suitcase full of stolen cash by a colorful group of strangers. It premiered on November 7, 1963. The principal cast features Edie Adams, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Dorothy Provine, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, and Jonathan Winters.

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