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Take the Money and Run

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Take the Money and Run
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PG,1hr 25min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1969
Director:
Woody Allen
Distributor:
Anchor Bay
Starring:
Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire  ...more
Synopsis: When Woody Allen's fans refer to his "earlier, funnier" pictures, they often cite his directorial debut as a shining example. Co-written by Allen and Mickey Rose, this side-splitting takeoff of crime documentaries stars Allen as Virgil Starkwell, a sweetly inept career criminal. The film's most celebrated sequence involves Virgil's inability to write coherent holdup notes ("I have a gub"), but others include Virgil's losing battle with a recalcitrant coke machine and his misguided effort to emulate ... Full Synopsis
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Robert Firsching
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Fans of Woody Allen's drier, more sophisticated later comedies may be surprised upon seeing his laugh-a-minute directorial debut, a goofy mock documentary about the career of a bumbling criminal (Allen). The humor is a precursor to such films as Airplane! in its determination to cram in as many jokes as possible, so that even if a few fall flat, the cumulative effect will have viewers laughing until ... Full Review
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Woody Allen
Virgil Starkwell
Janet Margolin
Louise
Marcel Hillaire
Fritz
Jacquelyn Hyde
Miss Blair, blackmailer
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