History Trivia / TakeTheMoneyAndRun

* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/WoodyAllen wanted to cast Creator/LouiseLasser as his love interest (who is called Louise), but she was a screen unknown. He did, however, cast her in a comic interview scene as a neighbor stunned to learn that the "idiot" she knew was actually a criminal mastermind.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: brainiac wanted for robbery in Greece.

!Trivia for the film

!Trivia for the GameShow:

* BillingDisplacement: TV ads for the film when it aired put Louise Lasser on equal billing with Creator/WoodyAllen. She had one cameo.

** The original cut of the film had Louise and Virgil [[KillEmAll dying]] [[LastStand in a shootout with police.]] This was deemed [[MoodWhiplash way too dark]], and Ralph Rosenblum would later call it [[DudeNotFunny "grotesque and offensive]]". Said ending would have been followed by a brief humorous scene at his funeral when his wife hears him whisper from below ground, "Get me out."

* CreatorCouple: Creator/WoodyAllen's then-wife Louise Lasser appears as an interviewee.

* RealLifeRelative: Creator/WoodyAllen's then-wife Louise Lasser appears as an interviewee. She was supposed to play the female lead ([[TheDanza who is named Louise]]), but she wasn't a big enough name.

** The original cut of the film had Louise and Virgil [[KillEmAll dying]] [[LastStand in a shootout with police.]] This was deemed [[MoodWhiplash way too dark]], and Ralph Rosenblum would later call it [[DudeNotFunny “grotesque and offensive”]].

* AFIS100Years100Laughs: #67

* MultipleEndings: Woody shot about a half-dozen different endings for the movie, all of which were [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]] at best. The ending ended up being completely rewritten during the initial [[ExecutiveMeddling retooling]].

* ActorAllusion: Virgil Starkwell was born on December 1, 1935. This is Creator/WoodyAllen's actual date of birth.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: A meta-example. Creator/RogerEbert's [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19691006/REVIEWS/910060301/1023 lukewarm review]] has this air, casting doubt on Allen's future success.

* ExecutiveMeddling: One of the more interesting [[TropesAreTools positive]] examples. The entire movie was restructured after its first screening because the executives ''hated'' the original cut but saw its potential. They hired [[MrFixit Ralph Rosenblum]] to serve as “editorial supervisor” to make the movie funnier, thus starting a long-lasting work relationship between Woody Allen and Rosenblum which would eventually [[Film/AnnieHall give the latter an editing BAFTA.]]

** The original cut of the film had Louise and Virgil [[KillEmAll dying]] [[LastStand in a shootout with police.]] This was deemed [[MoodWhiplash way too dark]], and Ralph Rosenblum would later call it [[DudeNotFunny “grotesque and offensive”]].

* BillingDisplacement: TV ads for the film when it aired put Louise Lasser on equal billing with Woody Allen. She had one cameo.
* ExecutiveMeddling: One of the more interesting [[TropesAreTools positive]] examples. The entire movie was restructured after its first screening because the executives ''hated'' the original cut but saw its potential. They hired [[MrFixit Ralph Rosenblum]] to serve as “editorial supervisor” to make the movie funnier, thus starting a long-lasting work relationship between Woody Allen and Rosenblum which would eventually [[AnnieHall give the latter an editing BAFTA.]]

** Woody asked Creator/JerryLewis to direct. Jerry was busy with his own projects and suggested to Woody that he direct it himself.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original cut of the film had Louise and Virgil [[KillEmAll dying]] [[LastStand in a shootout with police.]] This was deemed [[MoodWhiplash way too dark]], and Ralph Rosenblum would later call it [[DudeNotFunny “grotesque and offensive”]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: Louise Lasser, who would later co-star with Allen in ''Film/{{Bananas}}'', has a cameo as an interviewee.
* HeyItsThatVoice: The film is narrated by Jackson Beck, also known as the voice of Bluto/Brutus in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'' cartoons and later the narrator for ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: In the second episode, one of the detectives is the same detective that's been on several episodes of A&E's ''Series/TheFirst48''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: In the second episode, one of the detectives is the same detective that's been on several episodes of A&E's ''TheFirst48''.

* HeyItsThatGuy: In the second episode, one of the detectives is the same detective that's been on several episodes of A&E's ''TheFirst48''.

* ExecutiveMeddling: One of the more interesting [[TropesAreNotBad positive]] examples. The entire movie was restructured after its first screening because the executives ''hated'' the original cut but saw its potential. They hired [[MrFixit Ralph Rosenblum]] to serve as “editorial supervisor” to make the movie funnier, thus starting a long-lasting work relationship between Woody Allen and Rosenblum which would eventually [[AnnieHall give the latter an editing BAFTA.]]