It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) (Stephenverse)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963 American epic comedy adventure action film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer with a screenplay by William Rose and Tania Rose from a story by Tania Rose. The film, starring Spencer Tracy with an all-star cast, is about the madcap pursuit of $350,000 in stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers.
The film marked the first time Kramer directed a comedy, though he had produced the comedy So This Is New York in 1948. He is best known for producing and directing, in his own words, "heavy drama" about social problems, such as The Defiant Ones, Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremberg, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. 
Against Kramer's wishes, the film suffered severe cuts by its distributor United Artists in order to give the film a shorter 160 minute running time for its general release, In the mid 1980s, the film was released on LaserDisc and VHS, witch it contains either the theatrical, or the original cut, and it was released again on DVD in September 2001, with the same two versions like the previous release. In 2013, it was announced that United Artists would released the Blu-Ray version, on November 7, 2013 with the two cuts with the 202 minute and the 160 minute cut on its 50th Anniversary on the released.
Released on November 7, 1963 in Cinerama Theatres, and the film became a critical and commercial success upon its premiere released. and was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning for Best Sound Editing, and two Golden Globe Awards, and it featured at number 40 in the American Film Institute's list 100 Years...100 Laughs.
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