There were a number of notables for the 96-minute film:It was Allen""s first directed black and white film, and his ninth feature film (his previous films were, in chronological order:What""s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966),Take the Money and Run (1969),Bananas (1971), Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask (1972),Sleeper (1973), Love and Death (1975),Annie Hall (1977), andInteriors (1978).The charming Khan proposes that he will let the officers return o their regiment if they answer two simple questions: "By what route is the ammunition train coming and just where does the regiment plan to meet it for convoy?" He treacherously adds, with the film""s most famous, oft-quoted threatening line:Well, gentlemen.Riding on Buckbeak""s back, they returned to the prison cell of the Dark Tower holding Sirius and freed him - he flew away on Buckbeak.The senior bank clerk is kicked out into the street, a small diversion which riggers orgiastic, destructive gunfire from all directions at the hapless victim." Gwendolyn hreatened Griselda (calling her a "creature of evil") if her prophesy didn""t come true: "If this be not my true love, and I am faced with marriage to Griswold, you will die, and by my hand.