It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
'Smiler' Grogan, an ex-convict wanted by police in a tuna factory robbery fifteen years ago and currently on the run, mountainous State Highway 74 near Palm Springs in Southern California and crashes. Five motorists stop to help him
28 November 1901, Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
2 November 1901, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
10 February 1893, New York City, New York, USA
14 July 1911, Finchley, London, England, UK
16 July 1926, Long Island, New York, USA
25 March 1933, New York City, New York, USA
19 June 1917, Paducah, Kentucky, USA
10 May 1904, Oklahoma, USA
26 January 1905, San Francisco, California, USA
21 April 1901, San Francisco, California, USA
29 August 1905, Austria
1 October 1906, Brussels, Belgium
4 January 1905, Cedartown, Georgia, USA
6 November 1914
6 September 1933, New York, New York, USA
13 September 1913, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
12 July 1908, New York City, New York, USA
October 25, 1924 in Michigan, USA
7 October 1905, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
July 12, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
23 September 1920, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
31 May 1915, New York City, New York, USA
28 July 1892, Holgate, Ohio, USA
11 November 1925, Dayton, Ohio, USA
18 March 1886, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
22 December 1909, Brooklyn, New York, USA
19 March 1906, Tampa, Florida, USA
20 October 1933, New York City, New York, USA
16 February 1905, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
January 22, 2012
[VIDEO ESSAY] A classic example of the Screwball Comedy genre.
November 07, 2007
The comic competition is so keen that it is impossible to single out any one participant as outstanding.
February 09, 2014
lives up to its intentions as an epic madcap farce, and it offers enough comic variation through the multiple characters and situations that it never feels overlong or monotonous
December 12, 2010
What can you say about a comedy where the Three Stooges are the most sedate people on screen?
February 07, 2014
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World remains a technological and creative marvel for reasons beyond its sometimes fitful ability to make audiences laugh.
November 07, 2007
Stanley Kramer strikes out again with this elephantine 1963 attempt at uproarious comedy.
February 09, 2006
Kramer's 'comedy to end all comedy' stretches its material to snapping point but offers happy hours of star-spotting.
January 23, 2014
There's a documentary-like pleasure in watching so many legends of comedy share the screen... along with the disappointment of watching so many very funny people fail to be funny at all.
November 07, 2007
This comic extravaganza starts off funny, but exhausts rather than delights.
April 18, 2014
For every inspired set-piece, there are one or two that don't work, making this a frequently frustrating watch.
November 07, 2007
Spencer Tracy, Sid Caesar, Mickey Rooney and host of good-old-fashioned-comedy chums cram in the action, but miss the laughs in this frantic bank caper comedy.
May 09, 2005
So many excellent actors and stunt men do so much in this film that it is beyond my space allowance to begin to credit them.
