"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."
Spencer Tracy
as C. G. Culpepper
Milton Berle
as J. Russell Finch
Sid Caesar
as Melville Crump
Buddy Hackett
as Benjy Benjamin
Ethel Merman
as Mrs. Marcus
Mickey Rooney
as Ding 'Dingy' Bell
Dick Shawn
as Sylvester Marcus
Phil Silvers
as Otto Meyer
Terry-Thomas
as J. Algernon Hawthorne
Jonathan Winters
as Lennie Pike
Edie Adams
as Monica Crump
Dorothy Provine
as Emeline Marcus-Finch
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
as Second Cab Driver
Jim Backus
as Tyler Fitzgerald
Ben Blue
as Biplane Pilot
Joe E. Brown
as Union Official
Alan Carney
as Police Sergeant
Chick Chandler
as Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat
Barrie Chase
as Sylvester's Girlfriend
Lloyd Corrigan
as The Mayor
William Demarest
as Police Chief Aloysius
Selma Diamond
as Ginger Culpepper (voice)
Andy Devine
as Sheriff of Crockett County
Norman Fell
as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site
Paul Ford
as Col. Wilberforce
Stan Freberg
as Deputy Sheriff
Louise Glenn
as Billie Sue Culpepper (voice)
Leo Gorcey
as First Cab Driver
Sterling Holloway
as Fire Chief
Marvin Kaplan
as Irwin
Edward Everett Horton
as Mr. Dinckler
Buster Keaton
as Jimmy the Crook
Charles Lane
as Airport Manager
Don Knotts
as Nervous Motorist
Mike Mazurki
as Miner
Charles McGraw
as Lt. Matthews
Cliff Norton
as Reporter
Zasu Pitts
as Gertie - Switchboard Operator
Carl Reiner
as Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo
Madlyn Rhue
as Secretary Schwartz
Roy Roberts
as Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage
Arnold Stang
as Ray
Nick Stewart
as Driver run off highway
Moe Howard
as Airport Firemen #1
Larry Fine
as Airport Firemen #2
Joe DeRita
as Airport Firemen #3
Sammee Tong
as Laundryman
Jimmy Durante
as Smiler Grogan
Jack Benny
as Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis
as Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Doodles Weaver
as Hardware Store Clerk (uncredited)
Al Bain
as Spectator (uncredited)
Stanley Clements
as Reporter (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Morey Amsterdam
as Uncle Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
as Matron (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
as Detective (uncredited)
John Clarke
as Helicoper Pilot (uncredited)
Roy Engel
as Patrolman / Police Radio Voice Unit F-14 (uncredited)
Nicholas Georgiade
as Detective at Grogan's Crash Site (uncredited)
Stacy Harris
as Police Radio Unit F-7 (voice) (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey
as Policeman in Helicopter (uncredited)
John Indrisano
as Hard Hat in Crowd (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins
as Cop (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
as Crowd Member (uncredited)
Paul Sorensen
as Hardhat in Crowd Next to Joe E Brown. (uncredited)
Lennie Weinrib
as F-14 / Ladder Fireman (voice) (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Peter Falk
as Third Cab Driver
King Donovan
as Airport Official (uncredited)
James Flavin
as Patrolman (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert
Robert Karnes
as Officer Sammy (uncredited)
Harry Lauter
as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Jesse White
as Radio Tower Operator at Rancho Conejo
Frederic Knudtson
Editor
Tania Rose
Screenplay
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
William Rose
Gene Fowler Jr.
Stanley Kramer
Producer
Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer
Director
Robert C. Jones
Paul Baxley
Stunts
Tap Canutt
Max Balchowsky
Jack Perkins
Fred Scheiwiller
Eddie Smith
Gary Epper
Helen Thurston
Stunt Double
Wally Rose
Joe Pronto
Dick Crockett
Carol Daniels
Regis Parton
Dale Van Sickel
Stunt Driver
Dick Geary
George Robotham
Paul Stader
Alex Sharp
Richard E. Butler
Bill Couch
Stephanie Epper
Jesse Wayne
Carl Saxe
Gil Perkins
George DeNormand
Chuck Hayward
Sol Gorss
John Hudkins
Walt La Rue
May Boss
Tom Steele
Gordon Gurnee
Art Direction
Rudolph Sternad
Production Design
Joseph Kish
Set Decoration
George Lane
Makeup Artist
Bill Thomas
Costume Design
Lynn F. Reynolds
Buddy Van Horn
Loren Janes
Bob Herron
Bud Westmore
Joe King
Costume Supervisor
Paul Mantz
Aerial Coordinator
Bud Pine
Production Coordinator
Ivan Volkman
Other
Hal McAlpin
Additional Photography
Danny Lee
Special Effects
Dick Johnson
Assistant Camera
Art Dunham
Music Editor
Mack David
Songs
George R. Batcheller Jr.
Assistant Director
Morris Rosen
Grip
Linwood G. Dunn
Visual Effects
Story
Martin Kashuk
Assistant Grip
Anne P. Kramer
Producer's Assistant
Art Cole
Property Master
Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager
Irman Roberts
Joseph Edesa
Gaffer
Farciot Edouart
John K. Kean
Sound Engineer
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
Charles F. Wheeler
Camera Operator
Walter Elliott
Sound Editor
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank Tallman
Charles Scott
James Gordon
Bert Chervin
Roy Granville
Vinton Vernon
Saul Bass
Title Designer
Connie Nichols
Hairdresser
Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator