sentences:  A flea circus ringmaster (Allen), Fred Floogle, has strange encounters as he searches for his inheritance, hidden in the seat of one of five chairs.The film is loosely based on the comic novel "The Twelve Chairs" (1928) of Ilf and Petrov, later filmed by Mel Brooks as "The Twelve Chairs" (1970).The team of screenwriters included Jay Dratler, Alma Reville (wife of Alfred Hitchcock) and Morrie Ryskind.