Woody Allen's early slapstick satire turns a nebbish into a banana-republic revolutionary. It is scattershot and silly, but the gags land often and show the comic energy of his early films.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (40,341 votes)
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