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