Take the Money and Run (film)

Take the Money and Run
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWoody Allen
Written by
Produced byCharles Joffe
Starring
Narrated byJackson Beck
CinematographyLester Shorr
Edited by
  • Paul Jordan
  • Ron Kalish
Music byMarvin Hamlisch
Production
companies
Distributed byCinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • August 18, 1969 (1969-08-18)
[1]
Running time
85 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,530,000[2]
Box office$3,040,000 (rentals)[2]

Take the Money and Run is a 1969 American mockumentary crime comedy film directed by Woody Allen. Allen co-wrote the screenplay with Mickey Rose and stars alongside Janet Margolin. The film chronicles the life of Virgil Starkwell, an inept bank robber.[3]

Filmed in San Francisco and San Quentin State Prison,[4] Take the Money and Run received Golden Laurel nominations for Male Comedy Performance (Woody Allen) and Male New Face (Woody Allen), and a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen (Woody Allen, Mickey Rose).[5]

  1. ^ Take the Money and Run at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ a b "ABC's 5 Years of Film Production Profits & Losses", Variety, 31 May 1973 p 3
  3. ^ "Take the Money and Run". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  4. ^ "Locations for Take the Money and Run". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
  5. ^ "Awards for Take the Money and Run". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2012.