"The gags come every 30 seconds" (Boxoffice) in this "delightful satire" (Hollywood Citizens News) from film legend Woody Allen in his brilliant first outing as writer, star and director. "Allen is hilarious" (NY Daily News) and "never fails to steal the audience's heart" (LA Herald-Examiner) in this inspired comedy that's nothing less than "nuttiness triumphant" (Look Magazine)!

Virgil Starkwell (Allen), having no talent for his beloved cello, turns to larceny as a career. Unfailingly optimistic, he is nevertheless a complete criminal failure - although his prison breakouts are often successful. And with the support of his loving wife Louise (Janet Margolin), he may yet pull off a successful bank heist...if he can just manage to write out a legible stickup note!