Take the Money and Run (1969)

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PG
1h 25min
Comedy, Crime
10 Jul 1970 (Ireland)
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The life and times of Virgil Starkwell, inept bank robber.

Director:

Woody Allen

Writers:

Woody Allen, Mickey Rose

Stars:

Awards:

3 nominations.
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Virgil Starkwell, born in the slums of Baltimore, will be known to police by five aliases before he is 25 years old. A shortish, frail-looking kid with horn-rimmed glasses, Virgil is shy and likable, has a high IQ but resents authority and soon takes to crime.

At 18, Virgil is lonely and confused. Unable to concentrate in school, he has long dropped out. Despite his intelligence and above-average vocabulary, jobs are unavailable. So, using a toy pistol, he sticks up an armored car and takes off with a sack of quarters which spill all over the street she runs. This caper lands him in the state prison, an anarchic and poorly run institution that Virgil determines to leave as soon as possible.

Still of Janet Margolin in Take the Money and Run (1969)

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	Woody Allen	...	Virgil Starkwell
	Janet Margolin	...	Louise
	Marcel Hillaire	...	Fritz - Director
	Jacquelyn Hyde	...	Miss Blair
	Lonny Chapman	...	Jake - Convict
	Jan Merlin	...	Al - Bank Robber
	James Anderson	...	Chain Gang Warden
	Howard Storm	...	Fred
	Mark Gordon	...	Vince
	Micil Murphy	...	Frank
	Minnow Moskowitz	...	Joe Agneta
	Nate Jacobson	...	The Judge
	Grace Bauer	...	Farm House Lady
	Ethel Sokolow	...	Mother Starkwell
	Dan Frazer	...	Julius Epstein - The Psychiatrist (as Don Frazier)
	Henry Leff	...	Father Starkwell
	Mike O'Dowd	...	Michael Sullivan
	Jackson Beck	...	The Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Louise Lasser	...	Kay Lewis
	Stanley Ackerman	...	Stanley Krim - Photographer (uncredited)
	Thomas Bellin	...	Member of Virgil's Gang (uncredited)
	Kenneth Guy Boullt	...	Gumball thief (uncredited)
	Michael L. Davis	...	Police Officer in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
	Dwight D. Eisenhower	...	Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Roy Engel	...	Prison Guard Captain (uncredited)
	Lynn Foley	...	Parade Spectator (uncredited)
	Kaiser Wilhelm II	...	Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Richard Nixon	...	Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
	Janos Prohaska	...	Gorilla (uncredited)
	Mickey Rose	...	Chain Gang Man (uncredited)
	Paul Schumacher	...	Patrolman Lynch (uncredited)
	Mitchell Tunick	...	Young Virgil Starkwell (uncredited)
	Michael-James Wixted	...	Virgil's son (uncredited)

Directed by

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Woody Allen

Written by

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Woody Allen	...	(original screenplay) and
Mickey Rose	...	(original screenplay)

Produced by

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Sidney Glazier	...	executive producer
Jack Grossberg	...	associate producer
Charles H. Joffe	...	producer
Jack Rollins	...	producer (uncredited)
Edgar J. Scherick	...	executive producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Marvin Hamlisch

Cinematography by

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Lester Shorr	...	director of photography
Fouad Said	...	(uncredited)

Editing by

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Paul Jordan
Ron Kalish

Editorial Department

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James T. Heckert	...	supervising editor
Ralph Rosenblum	...	editorial consultant

Casting By

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Marvin Paige

Art Direction by

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Fred Harpman

Set Decoration by

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Marvin March

Makeup Department

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Stanley R. Dufford

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makeup artist

Production Management

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Fred T. Gallo	...	unit manager
Jack Grossberg	...	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Walter Hill	...	second assistant director
Louis A. Stroller	...	assistant director
Stanley Ackerman	...	second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Ted Moehnke	...	construction supervisor (as Theodore Moehnke)
Ken Phelps	...	set propertyman
Chardin W. Smith	...	chargeman painter

Sound Department

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Bud Alper	...	sound mixer
Sanford Rackow	...	sound effects editor
John Strauss	...	sound effects editor
Dick Vorisek	...	re-recording engineer (as Richard Vorisek)

Special Effects by

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A.D. Flowers

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special effects

Stunts

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Carol Daniels

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stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Til Gabani	...	camera operator (as Till Gabbani)
Morton Gorowitz	...	lighting supervisor
Fred Hoffman	...	photographer: second unit
Harry Stern	...	grip
Jack H. Wilson	...	gaffer
Bruce Catlin	...	assistant camera (uncredited)
William Mendenhall	...	camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Erick M. Hjemik	...	wardrobe supervisor
Bob Wolfe	...	set wardrobe

Location Management

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Fouad Said

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location manager

Music Department

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Felix Giglio	...	music supervisor
Frank Kulaga	...	music recordist
Kermit Levinsky	...	conductor / orchestrator
Sanford Rackow	...	music editor
John Strauss	...	music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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Jeanetta L. Hoyle

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script supervisor (as Jeanetta Lewis)

Additional Crew

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Don Boutyette	...	unit publicist
Henry Polonsky	...	production assistant (as Hank Polonsky)
Bert Schneiderman	...	production auditor
Lynn Vogel	...	production secretary

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Production Companies

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Distributors

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Cinerama Releasing Corporation (1969) (United States) (theatrical)
Cinerama Releasing (1969) (United States) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century Fox (1970) (Canada) (theatrical)
Cinerama Releasing UK (1970) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Hafbo (1970) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Israeli Film Fund (1971) (Israel) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century Fox (1972) (Germany) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century Fox (1972) (France) (theatrical)
Europafilm AS (1974) (Norway) (theatrical)
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1978) (United States) (tv) (broadcast premiere)
Film Contact Organization (1970) (Italy) (theatrical)
Filmes Lusomundo (1980) (Portugal) (theatrical) (re-release)
Toho (1971) (Japan) (theatrical)
InCine (1972) (Spain) (theatrical)
20th Century Fox Video (1982) (United States) (video) (CED)
ABC Video Enterprises (1987) (United States) (VHS) (under license from)
Viacom (1977) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
Magnetic Video (1980) (United States) (VHS)
Nord Video (1981) (Norway) (VHS)
CBS/Fox (1992) (United States) (VHS)
Fox Video (1992) (United States) (VHS) (distributed by)
Star Video (1982) (Australia) (VHS)
Transvídeo (1983) (Brazil) (VHS)
VTF Multimedia S.L. (1983) (Spain) (VHS)
Video Gems (1983) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
Buena Vista Pictures (1995) (World-wide)
Rank Video (1985) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
Key Video (1987) (United States) (VHS)
Promotional Concept Group (1988) (United States) (VHS)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (1999) (United States) (DVD)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (1999) (United States) (VHS)
Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
Research Entertainment (2003) (Spain) (DVD)
MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (United States) (DVD)
MRA Entertainment Group (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
Vértice 360 (2001) (Spain) (DVD)
Rai Movie (2016) (Italy) (tv) (cable television)
El 9 Besepi S.L. (2021) (Spain)
JO-EL (1974) (Mexico) (theatrical)
Kadokawa Entertainment (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
NHK-BS2 (1990) (Japan) (tv)

Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Berkey Pathé (opticals)
National Recording Studios (music recording)
Paige Independent Casting (casting)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	This film is presented as a documentary on the life of an incompetent, petty criminal called Virgil Starkwell. It describes the early childhood and youth of Virgil, his failure at a musical career, and his obsession with bank robberies. The film uses a voice over narrative and interviews with his family, friends and acquaintances. Written by Kunal Taravade Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	neo-screwball-comedy city criminal career-criminal escape-from-prison See All (72) »
Taglines	crime lives! See more »
Genres	Comedy Crime
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:Atp Australia:A Australia:PG Canada:PG Finland:K-8 France:Tous publics Iceland:L Italy:T Japan:G Netherlands:14 Norway:12 Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) Singapore:PG Spain:13 Sweden:11 United Kingdom:A United Kingdom:PG (video rating) United States:PG United States:M/PG West Germany:12 (nf)

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Also Known As	Prends l'oseille et tire-toi! (France) Toma el dinero y corre (Spain) Πάρε τα λεφτά και τρέχα (Greece) Robó... huyó... ¡y lo pescaron! (Mexico) Dorobô yarô (Japan) See more »
Runtime	85 min
Country	United States
Language	English Yiddish
Color	Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio	1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono
Filming Locations	San Francisco, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	The first widely-released "mockumentary." See more »
Goofs	As the chain gang escapes, they climb the same embankment twice. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Woody Allen (1971). See more »
Soundtracks	Soul Bossa Nova See more »
Quotes	Louise: He is always very depressed. I think that if he'd been a successful criminal, he would have felt better. You know, he never made the 'ten most wanted' list. It's very unfair voting; it's who you know. See more »

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