A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Cast
Spencer Tracy
C. G. Culpepper
Milton Berle
J. Russell Finch
Sid Caesar
Melville Crump
Buddy Hackett
Benjy Benjamin
Ethel Merman
Mrs. Marcus
Mickey Rooney
Ding 'Dingy' Bell
Dick Shawn
Sylvester Marcus
Phil Silvers
Otto Meyer
Terry-Thomas
J. Algernon Hawthorne
Jonathan Winters
Lennie Pike
Edie Adams
Monica Crump
Dorothy Provine
Emeline Marcus-Finch
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Second Cab Driver
Jim Backus
Tyler Fitzgerald
Ben Blue
Biplane Pilot
Joe E. Brown
Union Official
Alan Carney
Police Sergeant
Chick Chandler
Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat
Barrie Chase
Sylvester's Girlfriend
Lloyd Corrigan
The Mayor
William Demarest
Police Chief Aloysius
Selma Diamond
Ginger Culpepper (voice)
Andy Devine
Sheriff of Crockett County
Norman Fell
Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
Paul Ford
Col. Wilberforce
Stan Freberg
Deputy Sheriff
Louise Glenn
Billie Sue Culpepper (voice)
Leo Gorcey
First Cab Driver
Sterling Holloway
Fire Chief
Marvin Kaplan
Irwin
Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Dinckler
Buster Keaton
Jimmy the Crook
Charles Lane
Airport Manager
Don Knotts
Nervous Motorist
Mike Mazurki
Miner
Charles McGraw
Lt. Matthews
Cliff Norton
Reporter
Zasu Pitts
Gertie - Switchboard Operator
Carl Reiner
Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo
Madlyn Rhue
Secretary Schwartz
Roy Roberts
Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage
Arnold Stang
Ray
Nick Stewart
Driver run off highway
Moe Howard
Airport Firemen #1
Larry Fine
Airport Firemen #2
Joe DeRita
Airport Firemen #3
Sammee Tong
Laundryman
Jimmy Durante
Smiler Grogan
Jack Benny
Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Doodles Weaver
Hardware Store Clerk (uncredited)
Al Bain
Spectator (uncredited)
Stanley Clements
Reporter (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Spectator (uncredited)
Morey Amsterdam
Uncle Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
Matron (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Detective (uncredited)
John Clarke
Helicoper Pilot (uncredited)
Roy Engel
Patrolman / Police Radio Voice Unit F-14 (uncredited)
Nicholas Georgiade
Detective at Grogan's Crash Site (uncredited)
Stacy Harris
Police Radio Unit F-7 (voice) (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey
Policeman in Helicopter (uncredited)
John Indrisano
Hard Hat in Crowd (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins
Cop (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Crowd Member (uncredited)
Paul Sorensen
Hardhat in Crowd Next to Joe E Brown. (uncredited)
Lennie Weinrib
F-14 / Ladder Fireman (voice) (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Police Officer (uncredited)
Peter Falk
Third Cab Driver
King Donovan
Airport Official (uncredited)
James Flavin
Patrolman (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert
Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
Officer Sammy (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Jesse White
Radio Tower Operator at Rancho Conejo
Crew
Stanley Kramer
Director, Producer
William Rose
Screenplay, Story
Tania Rose
Screenplay, Story
Gene Fowler Jr.
Editor
Robert C. Jones
Editor
Frederic Knudtson
Editor
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
Bert Chervin
Assistant Director
George R. Batcheller Jr.
Assistant Director
Charles Scott
Assistant Director
Bud Pine
Production Coordinator
Anne P. Kramer
Producer's Assistant
Rudolph Sternad
Production Design
Charles F. Wheeler
Camera Operator
Dick Johnson
Assistant Camera
Joe King
Costume Supervisor
Bill Thomas
Costume Design
Connie Nichols
Hairdresser
George Lane
Makeup Artist
Lynn F. Reynolds
Makeup Artist
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Walter Elliott
Sound Editor
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Roy Granville
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Vinton Vernon
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John K. Kean
Sound Engineer
Danny Lee
Special Effects
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
Linwood G. Dunn
Visual Effects
James Gordon
Visual Effects
Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer, Songs
Art Dunham
Music Editor
Mack David
Songs
Joseph Kish
Set Decoration
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
Paul Mantz
Aerial Coordinator
Frank Tallman
Aerial Coordinator
Paul Baxley
Stunts
Tap Canutt
Stunts
Max Balchowsky
Stunts
Richard E. Butler
Stunts
Dick Crockett
Stunts
Carol Daniels
Stunts
George DeNormand
Stunts
Gary Epper
Stunts
Dick Geary
Stunts
Stephanie Epper
Stunts
Sol Gorss
Stunts
Chuck Hayward
Stunts
John Indrisano
Stunts
Gil Perkins
Stunts
Jack Perkins
Stunts
Wally Rose
Stunts
Fred Scheiwiller
Stunts
Tom Steele
Stunts
Paul Stader
Stunts
Alex Sharp
Stunts
Carl Saxe
Stunts
Eddie Smith
Stunts
Joe Pronto
Stunts
Walt La Rue
Stunts
Buddy Van Horn
Stunts
Bob Herron
Stunts
Dale Van Sickel
Stunt Driver
Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator
Bill Couch
Stunt Double
May Boss
Stunt Double
John Hudkins
Stunt Double
Regis Parton
Stunt Double
George Robotham
Stunt Double
Helen Thurston
Stunt Double
Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double
Loren Janes
Stunt Double
Art Cole
Property Master
Irman Roberts
Additional Photography
Hal McAlpin
Additional Photography
Morris Rosen
Grip
Martin Kashuk
Assistant Grip
Joseph Edesa
Gaffer
Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager
Saul Bass
Title Designer
Gordon Gurnee
Art Direction
Ivan Volkman
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