Film record

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

1963Feature film161 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States
Languages
English
Genres
heist film · treasure hunt film · screwball comedy film · action-adventure film

Credits

Art department

Rudolph Sternad — Production design

Cinematography

Ernest Laszlo — Cinematography

Direction

Stanley Kramer — Directing

Editing

Frederic Knudtson — Editing

Music

Ernest Gold — Music composition

Cast

Spencer Tracy — Acting
Milton Berle — Acting
Sid Caesar — Acting
Buddy Hackett — Acting
Dorothy Provine — Acting
Ethel Merman — Acting
Mickey Rooney — Acting
Phil Silvers — Acting
Terry-Thomas — Acting
Jonathan Winters — Acting
Edie Adams — Acting
Jimmy Durante — Acting
Peter Falk — Acting
Buster Keaton — Acting
Dick Shawn — Acting
Jim Backus — Acting
Joe E. Brown — Acting
William Demarest — Acting
Andy Devine — Acting
Selma Diamond — Acting
Norman Fell — Acting
Paul Ford — Acting
Sterling Holloway — Acting
Don Knotts — Acting
Jerry Lewis — Acting
Mike Mazurki — Acting
Charles McGraw — Acting
ZaSu Pitts — Acting
Carl Reiner — Acting
Madlyn Rhue — Acting
The Three Stooges — Acting
Arnold Stang — Acting
Ben Blue — Acting
James Flavin — Acting
Jesse White — Acting
Larry Fine — Acting
Leo Gorcey — Acting
Lloyd Corrigan — Acting
Marvin Kaplan — Acting
Minta Durfee — Acting
Moe Howard — Acting
Nicholas Georgiade — Acting
Nick Stewart — Acting
Roy Roberts — Acting
Stan Freberg — Acting
Jack Benny — Acting
John Clarke — Acting
Allen Jenkins — Acting
Harry Lauter — Acting
Chick Chandler — Acting
Eddie Ryder — Acting
Tom Kennedy — Acting
Phil Arnold — Acting
Roy Engel — Acting
Charles Lane — Acting
King Donovan — Acting
Barbara Pepper — Acting
Alan Carney — Acting

Production

Stanley Kramer — Production

Writing

William Rose — Screenwriting
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
Verified

Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
7 Nov 1963Checked 17 Sep 2026
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