Take the Money and Run (1969) | |
| Director(s) | Woody Allen |
| Producer(s) | Sidney Glazier (executive), Jack Grossberg (associate), Charles H. Joffe, Jack Rollins (uncredited), Edgar J. Scherick (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Crime |
| Top Topics | Heist, Slapstick |
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Take the Money and Run Overview:
Take the Money and Run (1969) was a Comedy - Crime Film directed by Woody Allen and produced by Jack Rollins, Edgar J. Scherick, Jack Grossberg, Charles H. Joffe and Sidney Glazier.
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Take the Money and Run (1969)
By Beatrice on May 2, 2020 From Flickers in TimeTake the Money and Run Directed by Woody Allen Written by Woody Allen and Mickey Rose 1969/US IMDb link First viewing/Netflix rental Way before he was sophisticated, Woody Allen was ridiculous … and hilarious. ?This, his directorial debut, is classic early Allen. The film takes the form of a... Read full article
Take the Money and Run (1969)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 10, 2013 From 4 Star FilmsTake the Money and Run (1969)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 10, 2013 From 4 Star FilmsTake the Money and Run (1969, Woody Allen)
on Mar 16, 2009 From The Stop ButtonTake the Money and Run kind of dangles on a line. It’s occasionally a screwball comedy–something the Marx Brothers would have done–and alternately a thought-out spoof of documentaries. The breeze moves the film’s direction and it’s hard to know where it’ll go next... Read full article
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Virgil: Do you know if it's raining outside?
Virgil: Nobody wears beige to a bank robbery!
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Virgil's inept attempt to escape prison by carving a gun out of soap and turning it black with shoe polish is loosely based on real life bank robber John Dillinger's famous escape from the Crown Point, Indiana jail using a wooden gun blackened with shoe polish. In an interesting parallel, in the film Dillinger directed by John Milius and starring Warren Oates as John Dillinger, he is shown using a bar of soap instead of a piece of wood.
This was the first movie that Woody Allen directed. His initial lack of either confidence or track record prompted him to initially ask Jerry Lewis to direct the movie, but Lewis was busy with his own work.
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