This comedy was a transition film for the director since it was the earliest example of a Woody Allen film with a fairly distinct storyline - with a beginning, middle, and ending.The evil is gone." En route to Haddonfield, he killed a driver and stole his truck(# 2 death)(off-screen), and absconded with Judith Myers"" grave headstone ("He came home").An almost completely new cast was assembled, except for actor George Chakiris (who played Riff, NOT Bernardo, in the London production).A skinny, emaciated, and elderly subject in a white surgical gown, named Mr.Hilltop (Liam Dunn), was wheeled on a gurney hrough double doors into the classroom by two orderlies (John Dennis).