Bananas
“The Revolutionist That Shook the World With LAUGHTER!”
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
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Cast
41 people
Woody Allen
Fielding Mellish
Known for
Antz
Manhattan
Louise Lasser
Nancy
Known for
Requiem for a Dream
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask
Carlos Montalbán
General Emilio M. Vargas
Known for
Pepe
The Harder They Fall
Nati Abascal
Yolanda
Jacobo Morales
Esposito
Also in
Up the Sandbox
Amores
Miguel Ángel Suárez
Luis
Known for
Stir Crazy
Under Suspicion
René Enríquez
Diaz
Known for
Hill Street Blues
The Evil That Men Do
Jack Axelrod
Arroyo
Known for
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Little Fockers
Howard Cosell
Himself
Also in
Battle of the Network Stars
Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is
Charlotte Rae
Mrs. Ruth Mellish
Known for
The Facts of Life
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Stanley Ackerman
Dr. Al Mellish
Also in
Stardust Memories
America
Dorothi Fox
J. Edgar Hoover
Known for
Before We Go
Lez Bomb
Woody Allen Director · Mickey Rose Writer Marvin Hamlisch Composer
Worldwide gross $12M · Budget $2M · United States release April 28, 1971
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$11,833,696
Gross vs. budget
5.9×
Production
Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian · Spanish · Yiddish
Release dates
Netherlands · April 28, 1971
Theatrical
United States · April 28, 1971
Theatrical
Brazil
November 28, 2008 · Physical · DVD/VHS
Denmark
August 30, 1976 · Theatrical
France
May 3, 1972 · Theatrical
Germany
August 30, 1974 · Theatrical
Greece
September 15, 1971 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 15, 1972 · Theatrical
Italy
August 31, 1971 · Theatrical
Romania
April 28, 1971 · Theatrical
Türkiye
May 17, 1973 · Theatrical
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