mo hail of bullets, like Bonnie and Clyde.  Producers Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe convinced him to sit  with top editor Ralph Rosenblum to see what could be salvaged. The  first thing Rosenblum did was cut out the gory ending, then he  restructured the film completely, and generally tightened up Allens  loose narrative. This effort transformed the finished film into a  comedy classic. Rosenblum subsequently became Allens editor of  choice on most of his next films, including _Bananas (1971)_ (qv),  _Sleeper (1973)_ (qv), _Love and Death (1975)_ (qv) and  _Annie Hall (1977)_ (qv).