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

1963 · 197 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 48,054 VOTES · DIR. Stanley Kramer

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

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,956 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:31 It's a mad, mad, mad--
00:10:37 Any of you actually see it happen?
00:15:17 I know where it is. It's under a big W. That's what he said.
00:21:02 A few people went down to see if they could help.
00:26:40 I'm sure he's not going to declare anything.
00:33:40 I wanted to be reasonable, give them reasonable shares.
00:39:13 This is our first week open. How could we do without our truck?
00:46:09 Get on the phone, yell "Mayday."
00:51:01 I'll kill you!
00:58:35 Madam, please! Please!
01:03:47 I mean to say, I'd still be entitled to 10 percent as agreed. Surely.
01:11:22 The whole bloody place is the most unspeakable matriarchy...
01:17:25 What's going on? Where's Russell?
01:24:05 Sweetie, what are you doing in the bus station?
01:34:39 Please, go and stop it. Stamp on it or something.
01:39:55 Now he's on foot, walking back to the main road.
01:45:56 You're all right. I'll duck the car and come back.
01:51:56 And when you pass the word...
01:57:31 Next door, he'll pay for everything. It's okay.
02:04:17 Then sit!
02:10:28 We tell them to scram or we beat their brains in.
02:16:54 But if you could help us, I'm sure we'd all be inspired...
02:25:48 What's the matter? You trying to kill us?
87:05:00 and Benjy and I have to split.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,956
Dialogue density9.9 lines / min
First line00:03:31
Final line87:05:00

Production Record

DirectorStanley Kramer
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9,400,000
Revenue$60,000,000
IMDb votes48,054