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Take the Money and Run

Take the Money and Run

Comedy · Crime · 1969

Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.

Movie details

Take the Money and Run

“crime lives!”

1969 Comedy · Crime 1h 25m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.2 / 10

32.5K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

91 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

67 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.1 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Take the Money and Run?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Woody Allen

Written by

Woody Allen · Mickey Rose

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

Virgil Starkwell

Janet Margolin

Janet Margolin

Louise

Marcel Hillaire

Marcel Hillaire

Fritz

Jacquelyn Hyde

Jacquelyn Hyde

Miss Blair

Lonny Chapman

Lonny Chapman

Jake - Convict

Jan Merlin

Jan Merlin

Al - Bank Robber

James Anderson

James Anderson

Chain Gang Warden

Court is in session

Put Take the Money and Run on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.