Johnny Dangerously

19841984
PG-13PG-13
1h 30min

Michael Keaton and Joe Piscopo in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills.Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills.Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills.

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From left to right 1) Mike Bacarella, 2) Scott Thomson, 3) Michael Keaton, 4) Peter Boyle and 5) Joe Piscopo.

Michael Keaton and Joe Piscopo in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Michael Keaton and Joe Piscopo in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Michael Keaton and Joe Piscopo in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Michael Keaton and Joe Piscopo in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Michael Keaton and Joe Piscopo in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Michael Keaton and Joe Piscopo in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Michael Keaton and Joe Piscopo in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Michael Keaton, Dom DeLuise, and Joe Piscopo in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Michael Keaton, Dom DeLuise, and Joe Piscopo in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Cary Elwes, Charlie Sheen, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Queen Latifah, and Jimmy Fallon in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Danny DeVito in Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Gung Ho

6.3

Night Shift

6.6

Mr. Mom

6.6

The Dream Team

6.5

Multiplicity

6.1

Touch and Go

5.7

Clean and Sober

6.7

Clean and Sober

The Squeeze

4.7

PCU

6.6

One Good Cop

5.9

Strange Brew

6.7

Necessary Roughness

6.2

Necessary Roughness

Set in the 1930s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills. —Craig Clarke <clarkec@topaz.cqu.edu.au>

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Taglines
- Organized crime has never been this disorganized
Genres
- Comedy
- Crime
Certificate
- PG-13
Parents guide

Trivia
The "cozy little love nest" the District Attorney offers Tommy is actually the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Goofs
Vermin supposedly found out that Johnny Dangerously's real last name is Kelly after Tommy gets married. However, Vermin and Johnny knew each other as kids, so Vermin would have known what his last name was already.

Quotes
Roman Moroni: I would like to direct this to the distinguished members of the panel: You lousy cork-soakers. You have violated my farging rights. Dis somanumbatching country was founded so that the liberties of common patriotic citizens like me could not be taken away by a bunch of fargin iceholes... like yourselves.

Crazy credits
After the opening credits, you see "1935" on the screen. A car in the near lane of the street drives behind it. Then, another car (in the far lane) runs into the number sitting on the road, and smashes it to pieces.

Alternate versions
Around the time of the Columbine shootings, Comedy Central removed Danny Vermin's line (referring to his specially made 88 Magnum) "It shoots through schools.".

Connections
Edited into 'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996)

Soundtracks
This Is the Life (Theme From 'Johnny Dangerously')
Written by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
Performed by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
[Title song played over opening title card and credits]

Top review

7/10

Never has something so corny been so entertaining!

The jokes are obvious, the gags are corny, and the characters are walking characatures - but I couldn't stop from laughing at his highly entertaining movie. No matter how many times I see it, I still get a kick out of this one, and I recommend it highly for all lovers of mindless entertainment. It contains many quotable moments, and some of the best sight-gags I've seen to this day. If you've had a bad week and you need a chuckle, rent this one on your way home Friday night to give your weekend a good start.

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4

LJMTitle
Feb 12, 2003

Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $17,124,395
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,947,746
- Dec 25, 1984
Gross worldwide
- $17,124,395

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Runtime
- 1h 30min
Color
- Black and White
- Color
Sound mix
- Stereo
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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