"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
Stanley Kramer
Director
William Rose
Screenplay
Tania Rose
Producer
Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
Gene Fowler Jr.
Editor
Robert C. Jones
Frederic Knudtson
Paul Baxley
Stunts
Tap Canutt
Max Balchowsky
Richard E. Butler
Bill Couch
Stunt Double
Dick Crockett
May Boss
Carol Daniels
George DeNormand
Gary Epper
Dick Geary
Stephanie Epper
Sol Gorss
Chuck Hayward
John Hudkins
Gil Perkins
Jack Perkins
Regis Parton
Wally Rose
George Robotham
Fred Scheiwiller
Tom Steele
Helen Thurston
Jesse Wayne
Dale Van Sickel
Stunt Driver
Paul Stader
Alex Sharp
Carl Saxe
Eddie Smith
Joe Pronto
Walt La Rue
Rudolph Sternad
Production Design
Gordon Gurnee
Art Direction
Joseph Kish
Set Decoration
Bill Thomas
Costume Design
George Lane
Makeup Artist
Lynn F. Reynolds
Buddy Van Horn
Loren Janes
Bob Herron
Bud Westmore
Paul Mantz
Aerial Coordinator
Frank Tallman
Ivan Volkman
Other
Anne P. Kramer
Producer's Assistant
Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager
John K. Kean
Sound Engineer
Walter Elliott
Sound Editor
Bud Pine
Production Coordinator
Bert Chervin
Assistant Director
George R. Batcheller Jr.
Charles Scott
Charles F. Wheeler
Camera Operator
Dick Johnson
Assistant Camera
Joe King
Costume Supervisor
Art Dunham
Music Editor
Morris Rosen
Grip
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
Joseph Edesa
Gaffer
Martin Kashuk
Assistant Grip
Art Cole
Property Master
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Roy Granville
Vinton Vernon
Connie Nichols
Hairdresser
Saul Bass
Title Designer
Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator
Irman Roberts
Additional Photography
Hal McAlpin
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
Linwood G. Dunn
James Gordon
Danny Lee
Special Effects
Songs
Mack David
Story