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

on BBC One London

A special holiday presentation of the all-star comedy with
Thrown together by chance and the lure of money, a rag-bag crew of fortune hunters begin a frantic chase after a bankrobber's haul. The plot thickens with multiple double-crosses and spectacular stunts in this hilarious tribute to the screen's great comedy classics.
Screenplay by William AND TANIA ROSE
Produced and directed by STANLEY KRAMER Films: page 17

Contributors

Directed By:
Stanley Kramer
Capt C G Culpeper:
Spencer Tracy
J Russell Finch:
Milton Berle
Melville Crump:
Sid Caesar
Smiler Grogan:
Jimmy Durante
Benjy Benjamin:
Buddy Hackett
Mrs Marcus:
Ethel Merman
Ding Bell:
Mickey Rooney
Sylvester Marcus:
Dick Shaw
Otto Meyer:
Phil Silvers
J:
Algernon Hawthorne
Lennie Pike:
Jonathan Winters
Monica Crump:
Edie Adams
Emmeline Finch:
Dorothy Provine
First cab driver:
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Tyler Fitzgerald:
Jim Backus
Airplane pilot:
Ben Blue
Police sergeant:
Alan Carney
Mrs Halliburton:
Barrie Chase
Chief of police:
William Demarest
Second cab driver:
Peter Falk
Col Wilberforce:
Paul Ford
Third cab driver:
Leo Gorcey
Dinckler:
Edward Everett Horton
Jimmy, the crook:
Buster Keaton
Nervous man:
Don Knotts
Tower control:
Carl Reiner
Firemen:
The Three Stooges
Union official:
Joe E Brown
Sheriff Mason:
Andy Devine
Fire Chief:
Sterling Holloway
Irwin:
Marvin Kaplan
Airport manager:
Charles Lane
Lieutenant:
Charles McGraw
Switchboard operator:
Zasu Pitts

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