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Release Date: 1969

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

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

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

Take the Money and Run is a 1969 comedy film written by Woody Allen and Mickey Rose, and directed by and starring Woody Allen. It is an early mockumentary, chronicling the life of Virgil Starkwell, a bungling petty thief. His entry into a life of crime at a young age, 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 are some of the notable events depicted. Allen initially filmed a downbeat ending in which he was shot to death, courtesy of special effects from A.D. Flowers. Allen's editor,... 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. It is an early mockumentary, chronicling the life of Virgil Starkwell, a bungling petty thief. His entry into a life of crime at a young age, 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 are some of the notable events depicted. Allen initially filmed a downbeat ending in which he was shot to death, courtesy of special effects from A.D. Flowers. Allen's editor, Ralph Rosenblum (in his first collaboration with Allen), reputedly convinced him to go for a lighter ending. 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 film. The LESS