Johnny Dangerously (1984) 6.0
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. Director:Amy Heckerling |
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Johnny Dangerously (1984) 6.0
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. Director:Amy Heckerling |
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| Michael Keaton | ... |
Johnny Kelly /
Johnny Dangerously
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| Joe Piscopo | ... | ||
| Marilu Henner | ... |
Lil
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| Maureen Stapleton | ... | ||
| Peter Boyle | ... | ||
| Griffin Dunne | ... | ||
| Glynnis O'Connor | ... |
Sally
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| Dom DeLuise | ... | ||
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Richard Dimitri | ... | |
| Danny DeVito | ... | ||
| Ron Carey | ... |
Pat
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| Ray Walston | ... |
Vendor
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| Dick Butkus | ... |
Arthur
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Byron Thames | ... | |
| Alan Hale Jr. | ... |
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>
"Johnny Dangerously" is one of those movies that exists for the sole purpose of being silly, much like "Airplane!". Michael Keaton plays Johnny Kelly, who once became a gangster under the name Johnny Dangerously, to pay his mother's (Maureen Stapleton) bills. His nemesis is Danny Vermin (Joe Piscopo). After a series of mix-ups, Johnny's brother Tommy (Griffin Dunne) becomes a marked man.
That's the plot, but you don't even need to pay attention to the plot. The whole movie is an excuse for a bunch of goofy occurrences, such as when the year is shown in the opening scene, and a car runs over the numbers, or when someone lights a cigarette and Johnny turns to the camera and reminds the children in the audience never to start smoking. My favorite character was Roman Moronie, just because of how he tried to curse and ended up saying things like "fargin' iceholes". Oh, and Alan Hale appears in one of his non-Skipper roles. In my opinion, one of the neatest lines was, after Lil (Marilu Henner) hears Johnny's name, she says: "I've never met a man whose last name was an adverb."