The notion of an epic comedy seems oxymoronic—comedies tend to be fleet and compact, opting to leave the viewer…
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Cast
Spencer Tracy (Capt. T. G. Culpepper)Milton Berle (J. Russell Finch)Ethel Merman (Mrs. Marcus)Mickey Rooney (Ding Bell)Sid Caesar (Melville Crump)Buddy Hackett (Benjy Benjamin)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 (Policeman Outside Ray & Irwin's Garage)
Director
Stanley Kramer
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Synopsis
A group of motorists witnesses a car crash in the California desert, and after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, they turn against each in a race across the state to get to it.
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