Story :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.
Cast
Spencer TracyC. G. Culpepper
Milton BerleJ. Russell Finch
Sid CaesarMelville Crump
Buddy HackettBenjy Benjamin
Ethel MermanMrs. Marcus
Mickey RooneyDing 'Dingy' Bell
Dick ShawnSylvester Marcus
Phil SilversOtto Meyer
Terry-ThomasJ. Algernon Hawthorne
Jonathan WintersLennie Pike
Edie AdamsMonica Crump
Dorothy ProvineEmeline Marcus-Finch
Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonSecond Cab Driver
Jim BackusTyler Fitzgerald
Ben BlueBiplane Pilot
Joe E. BrownUnion Official
Alan CarneyPolice Sergeant
Chick ChandlerDetective Outside Chinese Laundromat
Barrie ChaseSylvester's Girlfriend
Lloyd CorriganThe Mayor
William DemarestPolice Chief Aloysius
Selma DiamondGinger Culpepper (voice)
Andy DevineSheriff of Crockett County
Norman FellDetective at Grogan's Crash Site
Paul FordCol. Wilberforce
Stan FrebergDeputy Sheriff
Louise GlennBillie Sue Culpepper (voice)
Leo GorceyFirst Cab Driver
Sterling HollowayFire Chief
Marvin KaplanIrwin
Edward Everett HortonMr. Dinckler
Buster KeatonJimmy the Crook
Charles LaneAirport Manager
Don KnottsNervous Motorist
Mike MazurkiMiner
Charles McGrawLt. Matthews
Cliff NortonReporter
Zasu PittsGertie - Switchboard Operator
Carl ReinerTower Controller at Rancho Conejo
Madlyn RhueSecretary Schwartz
Roy RobertsPoliceman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage
Arnold StangRay
Nick StewartDriver run off highway
Moe HowardAirport Firemen #1
Larry FineAirport Firemen #2
Joe DeRitaAirport Firemen #3
Sammee TongLaundryman
Jimmy DuranteSmiler Grogan
Jack BennyMan in Car in Desert (uncredited)
Jerry LewisDriver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)
Doodles WeaverHardware Store Clerk (uncredited)
Jesse WhiteAir Traffic Controller
Al BainSpectator (uncredited)
Stanley ClementsReporter (uncredited)
Max WagnerSpectator (uncredited)
Morey AmsterdamUncle Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Lovyss BradleyMatron (uncredited)
Dick CherneyDetective (uncredited)
John ClarkeHelicoper Pilot (uncredited)
Roy EngelPatrolman / Police Radio Voice Unit F-14 (uncredited)
Nicholas GeorgiadeDetective at Grogan's Crash Site (uncredited)
Stacy HarrisPolice Radio Unit F-7 (voice) (uncredited)
Don C. HarveyPoliceman in Helicopter (uncredited)
John IndrisanoHard Hat in Crowd (uncredited)
Allen JenkinsCop (uncredited)
Tom KennedyTraffic Cop (uncredited)
Charles SherlockCrowd Member (uncredited)
Paul SorensenHardhat in Crowd Next to Joe E Brown. (uncredited)