That stunt almost killed him:
Look closely the next time you watch it. The women are all wearing prison garb at the end.
I’d wager the hospital was part of a correctional facility, too.
The 10 Commandments had a cast that was loaded with stars who were already big plus some who would later make it big, if only on tv. It had a huge budget, too, as befits such a spectacle. The results are rather lackluster despite all that.
Bloated movies with big stars in cameo roles are a Hollywood tradition.
Not only are they wearing prison garb, they’re escorted by at least one matron.
I **love **this movie! Between 1963 and 1966, I must have seen it at least ten times with my brother and dad, both of whom passed away at the start of the new millennium. We would be driving around Chicago or Joliet while on summer vacation, and see it was on at a cinema: “Ooooooh, look! They’re showing It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World! Let’s see it again!” So we’d park the car and spend the afternoon lounging in air-conditioned comfort, then go and get a steak dinner and talk about the film all evening. Some great memories there! Even then, I recognized most of the actors (it wasn’t until I saw The Producers that I could identify Dick Shawn).
I watched it on TCM with my grown daughter a couple of years ago. She enjoyed it too, especially when the revealed the “Big W”: “Oooooooh, THERE IT IS!” It broke my heart when I realized she’ll probably never have the chance to see it on the big screen, where it was meant to be shown.
We saw Rat Race together when it came out, and she was around six years old. At the time, Rat Race was being touted as a “remake” of World, which (aside from the basic premise: a bunch of total strangers chasing after a stash of money and then losing it at the end) it was not. It did, however, have an impressive cast: John Cleese, Whoopie Goldberg, Rowan Atkinson, Wayne “Newman!” Knight, et al. Some bits, like the I Love Lucy fan bus, were very funny.
I was never sure if that was supposed to be hospital clothes, because theirs were damaged during the final scene, but you are most likely correct.
If so, I retract (most) of my complaint. The part about Hollywood portraying men as idiots stands. 
That was pretty much the only reason to make Cannonball Run.
Barrie Chase (Marcus’s girlfriend) is still alive.
I haven’t watched A NIGHT AT THE OPERA in years. Please don’t apologize – the only Mark Bros movies I re-watch are the initial five Paramounts.
The only scene in ANATO I think I’d still enjoy would be the hotel scene where Henderson, the detective, rushes from room to room and our heroes are moving the furniture from room to room solely in order to fuck with his brain.
***World ***trivia quiz:
What kind of car do Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett ride in? (Be specific!)
What kind of garb does Milton Berle affect?
The voices of the two garage mechanics are very familiar. Why?
Who does Phil Silvers con into calling Washington before he steals his car?
The plane that flew through the billboard was a twin-engined Beech. What kind of plane did Sid Caesar and Edie Adams fly in?
The guy who comes out of the hardware store and says “We’re closed!” made a series of comedy shorts and was one of Art Carney’s henchmen on Batman. Name him.
Two of the taxi drivers are well known for their television roles. Name them and the roles. (One of them was popular on radio as well.)
When the movie was filmed, Edie Adams was recovering from a great personal tragedy. What had recently happened?
Feel free to post your own questions!
Edie Adams, mmmmmmmmmmm! :o
Two more (missed the Edit window :mad: ):
What was Terry-Thomas doing in the desert?
What beverage do Terry-Thomas and Milton Berle share while Ethel Merman is on the phone?
One of my favorite bits in IAMMMMW is screwy Jerry Lewis taking immense delight in driving over Spencer Tracy’s hat. And Spencer Tracy’s reaction.
Also the moment when Edie Adams’s skirt splits up to her hip. One of the greatest moments in cinematic history.
I’m not answering all of them. I’m not a glory hog.
Phil Silvers conned Don Knotts out of his car.
The taxi drivers were Peter Falk of Columbo, and Eddie “Rochester” Anderson of The Jack Benny Show of TV and radio.
Jack Benny also has a cameo in IAMMMMW. Can you tell me where?
And speaking of Phil Silvers of Sergeant Bilko, Bilko’s Colonel Hall is also in the movie. What does he do?
I believe Edie Adams was just getting over her husband, Ernie Kovacs’ shooting death.
Especially after *Gumball Rally, *which may have been the bootleg edition but is by far the superior movie.
IIRC, Kovacs died in an automobile accident. Otherwise, you’re correct in all of the above.
Colonel Hall was the guy who talked Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett down after Jim Backus passed out in the Beech.
Jack Benny stops to ask if Berle and party need any help. Ethel Merman tells him to mind his own business. (“Well!” :dubious: )
Kovacs was famously killed in a Corvair accident, probably while reaching for a dropped cigar. (Which is why smokers have higher car insurance rates.)
A great movie in the vein of the OP is Rat Race.
Arnold Stang (Ray) and Marvin Kaplan (Irwin) were both voice actors in Top Cat as well as dozens of other things.
Two great Jonathan Winters moments: Stomping on the little girl’s bike and kicking Phil Silvers in the hole.
Makes me laugh till I piss my pants!
Amateur Barbarian:
Definitely a great (IMHO, better) movie in the “wild treasure hunt” genre, but not quite the star-studded extravaganza that the OP was looking for to compare to Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Whoopi Goldberg and John Cleese are certainly big stars, and Rowan Atkinson is well-known in Britain and to afficianados of British programming, but the others? Cuba Gooding Jr. won an Oscar years earlier, but hadn’t had a well-regarded role in years at that point, Jon Lovitz was on SNL about 10-15 years before the movie aired, and hadn’t done much else but Simpsons voices and cameos in fellow SNL alums’ movies, Wayne Knight was on Seinfeld, but very much not a star, and the others are totally B-list, if not C-list.
Correct. They voiced TC and Choo-Choo, respectively.