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title: 'Bananas (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Woody Allen'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 82
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bananas-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066808/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bananas (1971)

1971 · 82 min · United States


## Synopsis

Bananas is a 1971 American comedy film directed by Woody Allen and starring Allen, Louise Lasser, and Carlos Montalbán. Written by Allen and Mickey Rose, the film is about a bumbling New Yorker who, after being dumped by his activist girlfriend, travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest revolution. Parts of the plot are based on the book Don Quixote, U.S.A. by Richard P. Powell.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Woody Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/woody-allen)
- **Screenplay:** [Woody Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/woody-allen), [Mickey Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-rose)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marvin Hamlisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/marvin-hamlisch)
- **Producer:** [Charles H. Joffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-h-joffe)

## Cast

- [Howard Cosell](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-cosell)
- [Charlotte Rae](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-rae)
- [Jacobo Morales](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacobo-morales)
- [René Enríquez](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-enriquez)
- [Dan Frazer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-frazer)
- [Mary Jo Catlett](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-jo-catlett)
- [Eddie Barth](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-barth)
- [Allen Garfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/allen-garfield)
- [Carlos Montalbán](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-montalban)
- [Woody Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/woody-allen)
- [Jára Kohout](https://cinepixo.com/people/jara-kohout)
- [Naty Abascal](https://cinepixo.com/people/naty-abascal)
- [Hy Anzell](https://cinepixo.com/people/hy-anzell)
- [Axel Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/axel-anderson)
- [Louise Lasser](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-lasser)

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