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Release Date: 1969

Cast: Jacquelyn Hyde, Louise Lasser, Jackson Beck, Howard Storm, Woody Allen, Nate Jacobson, James K Anderson, Jan Merlin, Janet Margolin, Minnow Moskowitz, Lonny Chapman, Marcel Hillaire ...MORE

Cast: Jacquelyn Hyde, Louise Lasser, Jackson Beck, Howard Storm, Woody Allen, Nate Jacobson, James K Anderson, Jan Merlin, Janet Margolin, Minnow Moskowitz, Lonny Chapman, Marcel Hillaire, James Anderson, Micil Murphy ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Parody, Crime Fiction, Mockumentary, Crime Comedy, Indie, Absurdism, Cult, Comedy, Slapstick

Take the Money and Run is a 1969 comedy film written by Woody Allen and Mickey Rose, and directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Charles Joffe as producer. It is an early mockumentary, chronicling the life of Virgil Starkwell, a bungling petty thief. Starkwell enters a life of crime at a young age. The "plot" traces his crime spree, his first prison term and eventual escape, the birth and growth of his family, as well as his eventual capture at the hands of the FBI. Allen initially filmed a downbeat ending in which he was shot to death, courtesy of special effects from A.D. Flowers.... MORE

Take the Money and Run is a 1969 comedy film written by Woody Allen and Mickey Rose, and directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Charles Joffe as producer. It is an early mockumentary, chronicling the life of Virgil Starkwell, a bungling petty thief. Starkwell enters a life of crime at a young age. The "plot" traces his crime spree, his first prison term and eventual escape, the birth and growth of his family, as well as his eventual capture at the hands of the FBI. Allen initially filmed a downbeat ending in which he was shot to death, courtesy of special effects from A.D. Flowers. Reutedly the lighter ending is due to the influence of Allen's editor, Ralph Rosenblum, in his first collaboration with Allen. This film was the second film to be directed solely by Allen. (He had wanted Jerry Lewis to direct originally; when that did not work out, Allen got the notion to direct it himself). Woody Allen's decision to become his own director was partially spurred on by the chaotic and uncontrolled filming of Casino Royale, in which he had appeared two years previously. This film marked the first time Woody Allen would perform the triple duties of writing, directing and acting in a LESS