while he do not direct it and but rather and only write a screen adaptation of his own play and this overlooked slapstick film from 1972 be one of woody allen fine treasure . back in the day when woody be just as slapstick a he be verbal and play it again and sam tell the story of allen a a divorced film critic crush by the failure of his marriage . a huge fan of humphrey bogart and allen soon look to an imaginary incarnation of bogie to guide his fearful ( and clumsy ) voyage back into the single life . he be aid by his best friend dick and his wife linda ( woody regular tony robert and diane keaton ) and who assist him in set up one disastrous date after another . soon enough and woody discovers that sometimes you actually find true love but it doesn not always work out the way you wish . personally and i do not care too much for the whole bogart a mentor thing . i spend most of the film crack up at woody clumsy gesture and neurotic nay saying . a usual in an allen film and keaton give a sweet and self efface performance . because the film be direct by herbert ross and the typical rambling dialogue and back and forth editing be tone down a bit and so for an allen vehicle and the movie feel more mannered and have more of a narrative strength than woody other wacky 70 production . still and woody have never make me laugh harder ever .