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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)

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This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York. The weaker gang use incredibly a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeeds to stop one of the gang, while the other remain without the Boss.

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Kid Sally
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Angela
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Big Momma
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Baccala
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Mario
Irving Selbst ...
Big Jelly
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Beppo (as Herve Villechaize)
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Exmo
Carmine Caridi ...
Tony, the Indian
Frank Campanella ...
Water Buffalo
Harry Basch ...
DeLauria
Sander Vanocur ...
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Philip Bruns ...
Gallagher (as Phil Bruns)
Philip Sterling ...
District Attorney Goodman
Jack Kehoe ...
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This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York. The weaker gang use incredibly a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeeds to stop one of the gang, while the other remain without the Boss.

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Rated PG-13 for thematic elements including some violence, racial slurs, drug use and brief nudity | See all certifications »

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21 July 1972 (West Germany)  »

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A banda, amelyik nem tudott jól lőni  »

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Hervé Villechaize 's voice is dubbed through the entire film by Paul Frees. See more »

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(at around 55 mins) Angela gets splashed bad with mud by a cop car. A second later it's just a few spots. See more »

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Referenced in Cocaine Cowboys (2006) See more »

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Pretty poor
26 November 2003 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

"Comedy" about two warring Mafia gangs in Brooklyn.

Purportedly the original book is hilarious and this movie has a great cast--but something went wrong. The jokes aren't very funny and the cast just seems to be unable to put across the punchlines. Flat direction doesn't help either.

I'm only giving it a 3 for Leigh-Taylor Young and Robert DeNiro (who are both very good and play a very appealing couple) and Jo Van Fleet who has the movie's only funny lines in a very broad, over the top, amusing manner.

But, all in all, this really isn't worth seeing.


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