Cast

Spencer Tracy
C. G. Culpepper

Milton Berle
J. Russell Finch

Sid Caesar
Melville Crump

Buddy Hackett
Benjy Benjamin

Ethel Merman
Mrs. Marcus

Mickey Rooney
Ding 'Dingy' Bell

Dick Shawn
Sylvester Marcus

Phil Silvers
Otto Meyer

Terry-Thomas
J. Algernon Hawthorne

Jonathan Winters
Lennie Pike

Edie Adams
Monica Crump

Dorothy Provine
Emeline Marcus-Finch

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Second Cab Driver

Jim Backus
Tyler Fitzgerald

Ben Blue
Biplane Pilot

Joe E. Brown
Union Official

Alan Carney
Police Sergeant

Chick Chandler
Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat

Barrie Chase
Sylvester's Girlfriend

Lloyd Corrigan
The Mayor

William Demarest
Police Chief Aloysius

Selma Diamond
Ginger Culpepper (voice)

Andy Devine
Sheriff of Crockett County

Norman Fell
Detective at Grogan's Crash Site

Paul Ford
Col. Wilberforce

Stan Freberg
Deputy Sheriff
Louise Glenn
Billie Sue Culpepper (voice)

Leo Gorcey
First Cab Driver

Sterling Holloway
Fire Chief

Marvin Kaplan
Irwin

Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Dinckler

Buster Keaton
Jimmy the Crook

Charles Lane
Airport Manager

Don Knotts
Nervous Motorist

Mike Mazurki
Miner

Charles McGraw
Lt. Matthews

Cliff Norton
Reporter

Zasu Pitts
Gertie - Switchboard Operator

Carl Reiner
Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo

Madlyn Rhue
Secretary Schwartz

Roy Roberts
Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage

Arnold Stang
Ray

Nick Stewart
Driver run off highway

Moe Howard
Airport Firemen #1

Larry Fine
Airport Firemen #2

Joe DeRita
Airport Firemen #3

Sammee Tong
Laundryman

Jimmy Durante
Smiler Grogan

Jack Benny
Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)

Jerry Lewis
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

Doodles Weaver
Hardware Store Clerk (uncredited)

Al Bain
Spectator (uncredited)

Stanley Clements
Reporter (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Spectator (uncredited)

Morey Amsterdam
Uncle Mike (voice) (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
Matron (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Detective (uncredited)

John Clarke
Helicoper Pilot (uncredited)

Roy Engel
Patrolman / Police Radio Voice Unit F-14 (uncredited)

Nicholas Georgiade
Detective at Grogan's Crash Site (uncredited)

Stacy Harris
Police Radio Unit F-7 (voice) (uncredited)

Don C. Harvey
Policeman in Helicopter (uncredited)
John Indrisano
Hard Hat in Crowd (uncredited)

Allen Jenkins
Cop (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy
Traffic Cop (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock
Crowd Member (uncredited)
Paul Sorensen
Hardhat in Crowd Next to Joe E Brown. (uncredited)

Lennie Weinrib
F-14 / Ladder Fireman (voice) (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Police Officer (uncredited)

Peter Falk
Third Cab Driver

King Donovan
Airport Official (uncredited)

James Flavin
Patrolman (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert
Spectator (uncredited)

Robert Karnes
Officer Sammy (uncredited)

Harry Lauter
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

Jesse White
Radio Tower Operator at Rancho Conejo
Crew
Frederic Knudtson
Editor
(Editing)
Tania Rose
Screenplay
(Writing)

Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
(Camera)

William Rose
Screenplay
(Writing)
Gene Fowler Jr.
Editor
(Editing)

Stanley Kramer
Producer
(Production)

Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer
(Sound)

Stanley Kramer
Director
(Directing)
Robert C. Jones
Editor
(Editing)

Paul Baxley
Stunts
(Crew)
Tap Canutt
Stunts
(Crew)
Max Balchowsky
Stunts
(Crew)

Jack Perkins
Stunts
(Crew)
Fred Scheiwiller
Stunts
(Crew)

Eddie Smith
Stunts
(Crew)
Gary Epper
Stunts
(Crew)
Helen Thurston
Stunt Double
(Crew)
Wally Rose
Stunts
(Crew)
Joe Pronto
Stunts
(Crew)
Dick Crockett
Stunts
(Crew)
Carol Daniels
Stunts
(Crew)
Regis Parton
Stunt Double
(Crew)

Dale Van Sickel
Stunt Driver
(Crew)
Dick Geary
Stunts
(Crew)
George Robotham
Stunt Double
(Crew)
Paul Stader
Stunts
(Crew)
Alex Sharp
Stunts
(Crew)
Richard E. Butler
Stunts
(Crew)
Bill Couch
Stunt Double
(Crew)
Stephanie Epper
Stunts
(Crew)
Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double
(Crew)
Carl Saxe
Stunts
(Crew)
Gil Perkins
Stunts
(Crew)
George DeNormand
Stunts
(Crew)

Chuck Hayward
Stunts
(Crew)
John Indrisano
Stunts
(Crew)
Sol Gorss
Stunts
(Crew)

John Hudkins
Stunt Double
(Crew)
Walt La Rue
Stunts
(Crew)
May Boss
Stunt Double
(Crew)

Tom Steele
Stunts
(Crew)
Gordon Gurnee
Art Direction
(Art)
Rudolph Sternad
Production Design
(Art)
Joseph Kish
Set Decoration
(Art)
George Lane
Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Bill Thomas
Costume Design
(Costume & Make-Up)
Lynn F. Reynolds
Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)

Buddy Van Horn
Stunts
(Crew)

Loren Janes
Stunt Double
(Crew)

Bob Herron
Stunts
(Crew)

Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Joe King
Costume Supervisor
(Costume & Make-Up)
Paul Mantz
Aerial Coordinator
(Crew)
Bud Pine
Production Coordinator
(Production)
Ivan Volkman
Other
(Directing)
Hal McAlpin
Additional Photography
(Camera)
Danny Lee
Special Effects
(Crew)
Dick Johnson
Assistant Camera
(Camera)
Art Dunham
Music Editor
(Sound)

Mack David
Songs
(Sound)
George R. Batcheller Jr.
Assistant Director
(Directing)
Morris Rosen
Grip
(Camera)
Linwood G. Dunn
Visual Effects
(Visual Effects)
Tania Rose
Story
(Writing)
Martin Kashuk
Assistant Grip
(Camera)
Anne P. Kramer
Producer's Assistant
(Production)
Art Cole
Property Master
(Art)

Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager
(Production)
Irman Roberts
Additional Photography
(Camera)
Joseph Edesa
Gaffer
(Lighting)
Farciot Edouart
Visual Effects
(Visual Effects)
John K. Kean
Sound Engineer
(Sound)
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
(Directing)

William Rose
Story
(Writing)
Charles F. Wheeler
Camera Operator
(Camera)

Ernest Gold
Songs
(Sound)
Walter Elliott
Sound Editor
(Sound)
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)
Frank Tallman
Aerial Coordinator
(Crew)
Charles Scott
Assistant Director
(Directing)
James Gordon
Visual Effects
(Visual Effects)
Bert Chervin
Assistant Director
(Directing)
Roy Granville
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)
Vinton Vernon
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)

Saul Bass
Title Designer
(Art)
Connie Nichols
Hairdresser
(Costume & Make-Up)

Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator
(Crew)