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Released November 07, 1963
Featuring Moe, Larry and Curly Joe
United Artists
190 min. (Feature Film)

Smiler Grogan (Jimmy Durante), a crook who stole a large sum from a tuna factory years earlier, is making his break from the police and speeding along a California highway, ultimately crashing his car down a steep, craggy slope. Four vehicles stop to render aid. The first contains J. Russell Finch (Milton Berle), his wife and mother-in-law (Ethel Merman), the second has Melville Crump (Sid Caesar) and his wife, the third holds Dingy Bell (Mickey Rooney) and Benji Benjamin (Buddy Hackett), and the last contains Lennie Pike (Jonathan Winters). The five men descend the slope to look for survivors, finding Smiler near death. Smiler, realizing he is about to die, tells them of a buried treasure ("350 G's!") that's been lying under a big "W" in the Rosita Beach State Park for 15 years. The group tries to come up with a way to divide up the money, and failing that, it's every man for himself!

The trip becomes a madcap, cross-country race to the park. Captain Culpeper (Spencer Tracy) of the Santa Rosita Police Department has the group under surveillance, waiting to see who finds the dough. As they begin to converge on the park, Culpeper tries to swing a deal with the Police Chief for a bonus in solving the case, but when that fails, decides to steal the money for himself.

Filmed in UltraPanavision (Cinerama) and TechniColor.

The role of Irwin the garage mechanic, played by Marvin Kaplan, was originally offered to Joe Besser. Joe was unable to participate when Sheldon Leonard and Danny Thomas could not give him time off from his costarring role in the television sitcom, THE JOEY BISHOP SHOW.

This filmography's running time of 190 minutes refers to the film's 70mm 1963 premiere in Los Angeles at the Cinerama Theatre on Sunset Boulevard. Its original general release version, and subsequent releases to theaters and home video have resulted in shorter running times.

View the original theatrical trailer at TCM.com

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Spencer Tracy
Capt. Culpeper

Jimmy Durante
Smiler Grogan

Jonathan Winters
Lennie Pike

Sid Caesar
Melville Crump

Edie Adams
Monica Crump

Milton Berle
J. Russell Finch

Dorothy Provine
Emeline Finch

Ethel Merman
Mrs. Marcus

Mickey Rooney
'Dingy' Bell

Buddy Hackett
Benji Benjamin

Phil Silvers
Otto Meyer

Terry-Thomas
Algernon Hawthorne

Dick Shawn
Sylvester Marcus

Peter Falk
2nd cab driver

Norman Fell
1st detective at crash site

Nicholas Georgiade
2nd detective at crash site

Zasu Pitts
Gertie, switchboard operator

Madlyn Rhue
Ms. Schwartz

Charles McGraw
Lt. Mathews

Alan Carney
Police Sergeant

Andy Devine
Sheriff of Crockett County

Stan Freberg
Deputy Sheriff

Jerry Lewis
Man who runs over hat

Harp McGuire
Simmy's partner

Robert Karnes
Officer Simmy

William Demarest
Police Chief Aloysius

Nick Stewart
Migrant truck driver

Jean Sewell
Migrant's wife

Bobo Lewis
Pilot's wife

Charles Lane
Airport manager

Jim Backus
Tyler Fitzgerald

Ben Lessy
George, Fitzgerald's valet

Barrie Chase
Mrs. Halliburton, Sylvester's girlfriend

Jack Benny
Samaritan in car

Selma Diamond
Ginger Culpeper, voice

Louise Glenn
Billie Sue Culpeper, voice

Mike Mazurki
Sick woman's husband

Leo Gorcey
Taxi cab driver

Doodles Weaver
Hardware store clerk

Edward Everett Horton
Dinkler, hardware store owner

Stanley Clements
Reporter in squad room

Ken Peters
Police dispatcher

Harry Lauter
Police dispatcher

Stacy Harris
Police radio voice F-7

Don C. Harvey
Policeman in helicopter

Tyler McVey
Police radio voice

Larry Fine
Airport Fireman

Moe Howard
Airport Fireman

Joe DeRita
Airport Fireman

Eddie Ryder
Air traffic controller

Jesse White
Air traffic controller

Carl Reiner
Air traffic controller

Paul Ford
Colonel Wilberforce

George Bruggeman
Airport spectator

Minta Durfee
Airport spectator

Don Knotts
Nervous driver

Roy Engel
Intersection patrolman

Paul Birch
Intersection patrolman

Sammee Tong
Chinese laundryman

Stacy Harris
Detective restraining Mr. Dinkler

John Clarke
2nd detective with Dinkler

Lennie Weinrib
Police radio voice F-14

Tom Kennedy
Traffic cop

Joe E. Brown
Rally speaker

Paul Sorensen
Rally spectator

Lennie Weinrib
Ladder firemen, voices

Al Haskell
Man in crowd

Al Bain
Man in crowd

Eddie Smith
Man in crowd

Charles Sherlock
Man in crowd

Harvey Parry
Onlooker pummeled by Mrs. Marcus

Lovyss Bradley
Hospital matron

Eve Bruce
Fitzgerald's girlfriend, scene deleted

James Flavin
Valley Center policeman, scene deleted

Roy Roberts
1st cop at garage, scene deleted

Chick Chandler
2nd cop at garage, scene deleted

Phil Arnold
Gas pump attendant, scene deleted

Allen Jenkins
Detective at airport, scene deleted

Cliff Norton
Reporter at airport, scene deleted

Howard Da Silva
Airport official, scene deleted

King Donovan
Airport official, scene deleted

George Barrows
Man on phone, scene deleted

Barbara Pepper
Woman on phone, scene deleted

Morey Amsterdam
Voice of Uncle Mike, scene deleted

Elliott Reid
Voice of Dr. Chadwick, scene deleted

Bill Couch
stunts, Buddy Hackett & Spencer Tracy double

Chuck Couch
stunts, Terry-Thomas double

John Hudkins
stunts, Jonathan Winters double

Jack Perkins
stunts, Jonathan Winters double

Loren Janes
stunts, Eddie Anderson double

Regis Parton
stunts, Milton Berle double

Janos Prohaska
stunts, Peter Falk & Arnold Stang double

George Robotham
stunts, Dick Shawn double

Carl Saxe
stunts, Sid Caesar double

Helen Thurston
stunts, Ethel Merman double

Jesse Wayne
stunts, Mickey Rooney double

Marvin Willens
stunts, Phil Silvers double

Carey Loftin
stunts, Terry-Thomas double

Bill Maxwell
stunts, Marvin Kaplan double

Carey Loftin
stunt driver

Frank Tallman
stunt pilot

Sol Gorss
stunts

May Boss
stunts

The Shirelles
Dance sequence singers

The Four Mads
Dance sequence musicians


Anne P. Kramer
Associate Producer

Tania Rose
Story and Screenplay

William Rose
Story and Screenplay

Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography

Irmin Roberts
Photography

Hal A. McAlpin
Photography

Robert C. Jones
Film Editor

Gene Fowler Jr.
Film Editor

Gordon Gurnee
Art Director

Rudolph Sternad
Production Designer

Joseph Kish
Set Decoration

Gordon Sawyer
Sound Supervisor

Vinton Vernon
Re-Recording

Roy Granville
Re-Recording

John K. Kean
Sound Engineer

Clem Portman
Re-Recording

Walter Elliott
Sound Editor

William Brittan
Music Recording Engineer

Ernest Gold
Conductor

Albert Woodbury
Orchestrator

Robert Helfer
Music Coordinator

Art Dunham
Music Editor

Ernest Gold
Original Music

Joe King
Costume Supervision

Bill Thomas
Costume Design

Dick Smith
Stunt double masks

Connie Nichols
Hair Stylist

Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager

Bud Pine
Production Coordinator

George Batcheller
2nd Assistant Director

Ivan Volkman
1st Assistant Director

Bert Chervin
2nd Assistant Director

Charles Scott
2nd Assistant Director

Carey Loftin
2nd Unit Director

James V. King
Camera Operator

Charles F. Wheeler
Camera Operator

Dick Johnson
Assistant Cameraman

Farciot Edouart
Process Photography

James B. Gordon
Photographic Effects

Linwood G. Dunn
Photographic Effects

Willis H. O'Brien
Visual Effects

Chuck Gaspar
Special Effects

Danny Lee
Special Effects

Martin Kashuk
Assistant Grip

Richard Portman
Assistant Foley

Art Cole
Property Master

Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor

Marcel Delgado
Miniatures

Jim Danforth
Miniatures

Saul Bass
Title Designer

Adrian Woolery
Animation Production Manager

William T. Hurtz
Animation Director

Art Goodman
Animator

Hugh Childs
Animator

Frank Smith
Animator

Jim Danforth
Animator

Mary Mathews
Animator

Bror Lansing
Animator

Tab Collar
Animator

Bob Carlson
Animator

Irene Wyman
Animator

Danny Smith
Animator

Ed Levitt
Animator

Ruth Kissane
Animator

Robert E. Blair
Dog Trainer

Carey Loftin
Stunt Supervisor

Frank Tallman
Aerial Stunt Supervisor

Paul Mantz
Aerial Stunt Supervisor


















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