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ItsjustMe

(11,248 posts)
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 04:51 AM Dec 2021

It's a Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

After a long prison sentence Smiler Grogan is heading at high speed to a California park where he hid $350,000 from a job 15 years previously. He accidentally careers over a cliff in view of four cars whose occupants go down to help. The dying Grogan gives details of where the money is buried and when the witnesses fail to agree on sharing the cash, a crazy chase develops across the state.

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It's a Mad Mad Mad World (1963) (Original Post) ItsjustMe Dec 2021 OP
I think this was Stanley Kramer's only comedy PSPS Dec 2021 #1
Heavens. He NEEDED some levity after all those deadly serious, but excellent films. hlthe2b Dec 2021 #3
K&R 2naSalit Dec 2021 #2
Curious... How is it that it is free in entirety on youtube? Are there lots of full length movies hlthe2b Dec 2021 #4
Free Movies ItsjustMe Dec 2021 #5
WOW Thanks! hlthe2b Dec 2021 #6
My fathers favorite movie lapfog_1 Dec 2021 #7
In my experience... IrishAfricanAmerican Dec 2021 #8
Jimmy Durante , literally ... Martin Eden Dec 2021 #9
Funniest Movie Ever, Sir The Magistrate Dec 2021 #10
I saw it for the first time when I was a kid. Aristus Dec 2021 #11
Saw it at the drive in with my family n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2021 #12
For me pressbox69 Dec 2021 #13

PSPS

(13,614 posts)
1. I think this was Stanley Kramer's only comedy
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 05:04 AM
Dec 2021

And to think that the this is from same Stanley Kramer that made: On The Beach, Judgment at Nuremberg, Inherit the Wind, The Caine Mutiny, High Noon and many other dramas!

hlthe2b

(102,361 posts)
3. Heavens. He NEEDED some levity after all those deadly serious, but excellent films.
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 08:02 AM
Dec 2021

Admittedly, I've never seen this film, but it is on the list.

2naSalit

(86,780 posts)
2. K&R
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 08:02 AM
Dec 2021

Watched it a couple times over the years but not in quite a while. Think I'll catch it tonight when there's nothing to do, thanks.

hlthe2b

(102,361 posts)
4. Curious... How is it that it is free in entirety on youtube? Are there lots of full length movies
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 08:04 AM
Dec 2021

similarly available that I hadn't known about?

IrishAfricanAmerican

(3,818 posts)
8. In my experience...
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 11:02 AM
Dec 2021

it's best watched with a group of people, (more than 3,) especially if there are some present who've never seen it. It seems that the gags are funnier with the "crowd factor."



Aristus

(66,462 posts)
11. I saw it for the first time when I was a kid.
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 01:39 PM
Dec 2021

Towards the end, they're all looking around, scratching their heads and trying to find "The Big 'W'". I remember shouting at the screen: "It's right there! Can't you see it?"

I read an online report a number of years ago that states the Big W has long since fallen down...





pressbox69

(2,252 posts)
13. For me
Mon Dec 13, 2021, 01:26 PM
Dec 2021

the best scenes are Jimmy Durante, Jack Benny, The 3 Stooges do absolutely nothing but it's the thought that counts. Ethel Merman steals the movie.

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