Take The Money And Run - Original Trailer 1969
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Take The Money And Run - Original Trailer 1969
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 John Dillinger by carving a gun out of a bar of soap (his weapon disintegrates in a heavy rain). As was often the case in Allen's early films, not all the gags work, but for the most part, Take the Money and Run is a delight, enhanced by the on-target supporting performances of Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire, and (uncredited) Louise Lasser, as well as the energetic musical score of Marvin Hamlisch. Woody Allen - Virgil Starkwell Janet Margolin - Louise Marcel Hillaire - Fritz Jacquelyn Hyde - Miss Blair, blackmailer Lonny Chapman - Jake Jan Merlin - Al James Anderson - Chain Gang Warden Grace Bauer - Farm House Lady Henry Leff - Father Starkwell Don Frazier - Psychiatrist Jackson Beck - The Narrator Howard Storm - Fred Mark Gordon - Vince Minnow Moskowitz - Joe Agneta Nate Jacobson - The Judge Mike O'Dowd - Michael Sullivan Louise Lasser - Kay Lewis Micil Murphy - Frank Ethel Sokolow - Mother Starkwell
YouTube | December 17, 2008
