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Johnny Dangerously (1984)

PG-13 | | Action, Comedy, Crime | 21 December 1984 (USA)
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Set in the 1930's, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

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Cast

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Johnny Kelly / Johnny Dangerously
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Lil
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Sally
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Richard Dimitri ...
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Pat
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Vendor
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Arthur
Byron Thames ...
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Desk Sergeant
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Set in the 1930's, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills. Written by Craig Clarke <clarkec@topaz.cqu.edu.au>

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1930s | medical bill | year 1935 | year 1910 | 1910s | See All (71) »

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Organized crime has never been so disorganized! See more »

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Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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21 December 1984 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Johnny G. - Gangster wider Willen  »

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$9,000,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

While the movie sends up classic gangster movies in general, the basic plot point of Johnny and Tommy Kelly ending up on opposite sides of the law is inspired by "Manhattan Melodrama". In that film, William Powell and Clark Gable portray orphans who are raised together as brothers. Clark Gable's character "Blackie Gallagher" grows up to become a gangster while William Powell's character Jim Wade becomes a crusading DA (Just like Johnny and Tommy, respectively). Also in both films the gangster brother roots for the DA brother to succeed. See more »

Goofs

Johnny's hair changes length when the Moronie robot arrives. See more »

Quotes

Ma Kelly: I know what you can't say. You wanna get laid.
Tommy Kelly: Mom!
Ma Kelly: You wanna hump your brains out.
Tommy Kelly: [Tommy clamps his hands over Sally's ears]
Ma Kelly: [does mock pushups] Baboom, baboom, baboom, baboom!
Tommy Kelly: [Tommy drags Sally from the room]
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Crazy Credits

Ray Walston's name appears twice in the closing credits. The first is with a picture of his character and later in just typeface (along with Ron Carey) under the title "Special Appearances." See more »

Connections

Referenced in Mike & Mike: Episode dated 23 February 2015 (2015) See more »

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Very funny movie that gets a bad rap!
13 February 2004 | by (NY) – See all my reviews

For a movie that gets no respect there sure are a lot of memorable quotes listed for this gem. Imagine a movie where Joe Piscopo is actually funny! Maureen Stapleton is a scene stealer. The Moroni character is an absolute scream. Watch for Alan "The Skipper" Hale jr. as a police Sgt.

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