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

Name: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Released: November 7, 1963
Rating: 59
Cast: Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Spencer Tracy

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United Artists | Release Date: November 7, 1963 | TV-G

Starring: Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Spencer Tracy

Summary: The dying words of a thief spark a madcap cross-country rush to find some treasure.

Director: Stanley Kramer

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Rating: TV-G

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Nathan Rabin

Feb 4, 2014

More than anything, though, It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World embodies comic hugeness, for better or for worse. It isn’t the best comedy of all time, but it’s one of the largest and broadest. Read full review

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Being a picture of extravagant proportions, even its few flaws are king-sized, but the plusses outweigh by far the minuses. It is a throwback to the wild, wacky and wondrous time of the silent screen comedy, a kind of Keystone Kop Kaper with modern conveniences. Read full review

Bosley Crowther

It's a wonderfully crazy and colorful collection of "chase" comedy, so crowded with plot and people that it almost splits the seams of its huge Cinerama packing and its 3-hour-and-12-minute length. Read full review

Christopher Machell

Though It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World struggles to justify its ludicrous length, there are just enough laughs, cameos and memorable set pieces to garner a recommendation. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Kramer's 'comedy to end all comedy' stretches its material to snapping point but offers happy hours of star-spotting. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

This comic extravaganza starts off funny, but exhausts rather than delights. Read full review

Don Druker

Even Cinerama (its original format) can't expand on the poverty of comic invention. Read full review

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AwsomeAsh

Mar 15, 2020

When I first saw this movie thought it was just but over a month it really grew on me and it now one of my all time favorite movies. It's also really hilarious has great proformances great stunts it's just an all around great film.

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pawnshop1977

May 12, 2021

This is such a classic movie. My father showed it to me long ago and to him it was one of the funniest movies made. And I agree. What an excellent ensemble cast made up of the funniest comedians of the 1960s and earlier. The situations they get into are hilarious, and they are all suchThis is such a classic movie. My father showed it to me long ago and to him it was one of the funniest movies made. And I agree. What an excellent ensemble cast made up of the funniest comedians of the 1960s and earlier. The situations they get into are hilarious, and they are all such different characters it's a riot watching how they handle all the crazy things that happen. My favorite was Dick Shawn as Ethel Merman's son – omg he is hilarious! The only reason this movie didn't get a 10 from me is because it's a little bit long, 3 and a half hours! But you'll be laughing the entire time.… Expand

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