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This film never follows up on a sight gag in which the camera ominously pans to three waiting firemen. King Kong animator Willis O’Brien worked on a sequence in this film in which characters are flung into power lines, a fountain, and a pet shop. Frank Tallman nearly crashed performing a stunt in this film in which a plane flies through a Coca-Cola billboard. In this film, a fast-talking motorist played by (*) Phil Silvers sinks his car trying to drive across a river. Four palm trees form a “big W” at Santa Rosita State Park in this film. Ethel Merman slips on a banana peel to end this 200 minute film, which climaxes with ten men chasing Captain Culpeper on a rickety fire escape. For 10 points, name this epic Stanley Kramer comedy about a race for buried cash. ■END■
ANSWER: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (The three firemen are played by the Three Stooges.)
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