A wonderful parody of crime movies, this mock-documentary tells the story of the worlds most unlikely (and unlucky) criminal - Allen's Virgil Starkwell. This movie goes purely for laughs and is most often successful.  Allen's gift of tapping into the absurd has never been displayed better.  Film is full of gems : Allen being punished by being sent into a hole with  an insurance salesman, his humiliated parents wearing Groucho Marx masks to  disguise themselves and Allen's deadpan backhanded compliment to his  girlfriend: "That's a nice hat...I see them all over town....Yeah,  they're on sale...in those big bins...millions of them." A delicious  comedy. If you loved "Play It Again Sam" or "Sleeper"  you'll love this one.