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In reply to the discussion: I need a good comedy movie [View all]
Principal cast
Spencer Tracy as Captain T. G. Culpeper
Jonathan Winters as Lennie Pike
Buddy Hackett as "Benjy" Benjamin
Mickey Rooney as "Dingy" Bell
Edie Adams as Monica Crump
Sid Caesar as Melville Crump
Milton Berle as J. Russell Finch
Ethel Merman as Mrs. Marcus
Dorothy Provine as Emmeline Marcus-Finch
Phil Silvers as Otto Meyer
Dick Shawn as Sylvester Marcus
Terry-Thomas as Lt. Col. J. Algernon Hawthorne
Supporting cast
Jim Backus as airplane owner Tyler Fitzgerald
William Demarest as Aloysius, Chief of the Santa Rosita Police Department
Jimmy Durante as "Smiler" Grogan
Peter Falk as a cab driver
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as a cab driver
Paul Ford as Col. Wilberforce
Barrie Chase as Sylvester Marcus' girlfriend
Cameo appearances
Jack Benny as man driving a Maxwell offering help
Paul Birch as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Ben Blue as the vintage biplane pilot
Joe E. Brown as the union official giving a speech at a construction site
Alan Carney as a sergeant with the Santa Rosita Police Department
John Clarke as a helicopter pilot
Stanley Clements as a local reporter at police station
Lloyd Corrigan as the mayor of Santa Rosita
Howard Da Silva as an airport official
Andy Devine as the Sheriff of Crockett County, California
Selma Diamond as Ginger Culpeper, Captain Culpeper's wife (voice only)
Minta Durfee as a crowd extra
Roy Engel as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Norman Fell as primary detective at the "Smiler" Grogan accident site
James Flavin as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Stan Freberg as a Deputy Sheriff of Crockett County
Nicholas Georgiade as supporting detective at the "Smiler" Grogan accident site
Leo Gorcey as the cab driver bringing Melville and Monica to the hardware store
Stacy Harris as police radio voice unit F-7 (voice only)
Don C. Harvey as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Sterling Holloway as the Santa Rosita Fire Department fire captain
Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Dinckler, owner of the hardware store
Allen Jenkins as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Marvin Kaplan as service station co-owner Irwin
Robert Karnes as Simmy, a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Buster Keaton as Jimmy the Crook, Culpeper's boatman crony
Tom Kennedy as a Santa Rosita Police Department traffic cop
Don Knotts as the nervous motorist
Charles Lane as the airport manager
Harry Lauter as a Santa Rosita Police Department police dispatcher
Ben Lessy as George the steward
Bobo Lewis as vintage biplane pilot's wife
Jerry Lewis as the motorist who runs over Culpeper's hat
Mike Mazurki as the miner bringing medicine to his wife
Charles McGraw as Lt. Matthews of the Santa Rosita Police Department
Cliff Norton as a reporter
Barbara Pepper as an ice cream counter waitress (scene deleted)
ZaSu Pitts as Gertie, the Santa Rosita Police Department Central Division's switchboard operator
Carl Reiner as the Rancho Conejo airport tower controller
Madlyn Rhue as secretary Schwartz of the Santa Rosita Police Department
Roy Roberts as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer (scene deleted)
Eddie Ryder as Rancho Conejo air traffic control tower staff member
The Shirelles singing "31 Flavors" in Sylvester's home scene (voices only)
Arnold Stang as service station co-owner Ray
Nick Stewart as migrant truck driver forced off the road
The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Joe DeRita) as Rancho Conejo Airport firemen
Sammee Tong as a laundryman
Doodles Weaver as a hardware store employee
Jesse White as a Rancho Conejo air traffic controller
Spencer Tracy as Captain T. G. Culpeper
Jonathan Winters as Lennie Pike
Buddy Hackett as "Benjy" Benjamin
Mickey Rooney as "Dingy" Bell
Edie Adams as Monica Crump
Sid Caesar as Melville Crump
Milton Berle as J. Russell Finch
Ethel Merman as Mrs. Marcus
Dorothy Provine as Emmeline Marcus-Finch
Phil Silvers as Otto Meyer
Dick Shawn as Sylvester Marcus
Terry-Thomas as Lt. Col. J. Algernon Hawthorne
Supporting cast
Jim Backus as airplane owner Tyler Fitzgerald
William Demarest as Aloysius, Chief of the Santa Rosita Police Department
Jimmy Durante as "Smiler" Grogan
Peter Falk as a cab driver
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as a cab driver
Paul Ford as Col. Wilberforce
Barrie Chase as Sylvester Marcus' girlfriend
Cameo appearances
Jack Benny as man driving a Maxwell offering help
Paul Birch as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Ben Blue as the vintage biplane pilot
Joe E. Brown as the union official giving a speech at a construction site
Alan Carney as a sergeant with the Santa Rosita Police Department
John Clarke as a helicopter pilot
Stanley Clements as a local reporter at police station
Lloyd Corrigan as the mayor of Santa Rosita
Howard Da Silva as an airport official
Andy Devine as the Sheriff of Crockett County, California
Selma Diamond as Ginger Culpeper, Captain Culpeper's wife (voice only)
Minta Durfee as a crowd extra
Roy Engel as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Norman Fell as primary detective at the "Smiler" Grogan accident site
James Flavin as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Stan Freberg as a Deputy Sheriff of Crockett County
Nicholas Georgiade as supporting detective at the "Smiler" Grogan accident site
Leo Gorcey as the cab driver bringing Melville and Monica to the hardware store
Stacy Harris as police radio voice unit F-7 (voice only)
Don C. Harvey as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Sterling Holloway as the Santa Rosita Fire Department fire captain
Edward Everett Horton as Mr. Dinckler, owner of the hardware store
Allen Jenkins as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Marvin Kaplan as service station co-owner Irwin
Robert Karnes as Simmy, a Santa Rosita Police Department officer
Buster Keaton as Jimmy the Crook, Culpeper's boatman crony
Tom Kennedy as a Santa Rosita Police Department traffic cop
Don Knotts as the nervous motorist
Charles Lane as the airport manager
Harry Lauter as a Santa Rosita Police Department police dispatcher
Ben Lessy as George the steward
Bobo Lewis as vintage biplane pilot's wife
Jerry Lewis as the motorist who runs over Culpeper's hat
Mike Mazurki as the miner bringing medicine to his wife
Charles McGraw as Lt. Matthews of the Santa Rosita Police Department
Cliff Norton as a reporter
Barbara Pepper as an ice cream counter waitress (scene deleted)
ZaSu Pitts as Gertie, the Santa Rosita Police Department Central Division's switchboard operator
Carl Reiner as the Rancho Conejo airport tower controller
Madlyn Rhue as secretary Schwartz of the Santa Rosita Police Department
Roy Roberts as a Santa Rosita Police Department officer (scene deleted)
Eddie Ryder as Rancho Conejo air traffic control tower staff member
The Shirelles singing "31 Flavors" in Sylvester's home scene (voices only)
Arnold Stang as service station co-owner Ray
Nick Stewart as migrant truck driver forced off the road
The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Joe DeRita) as Rancho Conejo Airport firemen
Sammee Tong as a laundryman
Doodles Weaver as a hardware store employee
Jesse White as a Rancho Conejo air traffic controller
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What media source? iTunes? Netflix? Redbox? Amazon Instant? Cable On Demand? nt
onehandle
Jul 2013
#1
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman and Mickey Rooney
Ptah
Jul 2013
#5
Idiocracy - get it on Blockbuster on Dish TV. Completely mindless but funny movie.
patricia92243
Jul 2013
#12
In no order: "Dick" "Cable Guy" "About a Boy" "Addams Family" "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles"
Demo_Chris
Jul 2013
#17
"The Money Pit"makes me laugh cause I live in one. "Sister Act"'s music is killer.....
Rowdyboy
Jul 2013
#42
Mrs. Doubtfire, Vacation, Best in Show, Naked Gun, an old I love Lucy, Get Smart or Honeymooners nt
graham4anything
Jul 2013
#44
"My Blue Heaven" - Steve Martin playing a mafia dude in the witness protection program.
EdwardSmith74
Jul 2013
#46
Best In Show, Waiting for Guffman, Shaun of the Dead, Pineapple Express. n/t
RiffRandell
Jul 2013
#52
A couple of mine. Not the farcial feel-good variety but more humorous then those could ever be
Populist_Prole
Jul 2013
#53