Take the Money and Run

Told in pseudo-documentary style, this classic crime film spoof was the first movie where Woody Allen would serve as director, co-writer, and star. Allen plays Virgil Starkwell, an inept, small-time crook who fumbles his way from one ill-conceived heist to the next, from an attempted gumball machine robbery as a kid to possibly the only bank job foiled by a spelling mistake. With Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire; narrated by Jackson Beck. 85 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English; theatrical trailers.