Woody Allen	...	(Director)
Woody Allen, Mickey Rose	...	(Writer)
Woody Allen	...	Virgil Starkwell
Janet Margolin	...	Louise
Marcel Hillaire	...	Fritz
Jacquelyn Hyde	...	Miss Blair
Lonny Chapman	...	Jake
Jan Merlin	...	Al
James Anderson	...	Chain Gang Warden
Jackson Beck	...	The Narrator (voice)
Howard Storm	...	Fred
Mark Gordon	...	Vince
Micil Murphy	...	Frank
Minnow Moskowitz	...	Joe Agneta
Nate Jacobson	...	The Judge
Grace Bauer	...	Farm House Lady
Henry Leff	...	Mr. Starkwell, Virgil's Father
Ethel Sokolow	...	Mother Starkwell
Dan Frazer	...	The Psychiatrist (as Don Frazier)

Comments: crime lives!

Summary: 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.