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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.
Clumsy Virgil Starkwell was bullied when he was a child. Then he decides to play cello, but without any musical talent, the loser joins a street gang and ends up in prison. When he escapes, he meets laundry worker Louise and lies to her, telling that he plays cello in the symphonic orchestra. He is arrested in a hold up and Louise finds him in prison. He breaks out and flees with Louise to another state. He tries to be honest but he is incapable to fit in any job. When he finally finds a job position suitable for him, he is blackmailed by a colleague and returns to his criminal life. But his heists are disastrous and he always ends in prison.
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
Henry Leff
Father Starkwell
Mike O'Dowd
Michael Sullivan
Jackson Beck
The Narrator
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