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Johnny Dangerously (1984)
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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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Howling Heaps of Halloween Film Fun!
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Sad news as Dom DeLuise passes away aged 75.
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(From Screen Rant. 20 October 2009, 9:01 AM, PDT)
Sad news as Dom DeLuise passes away aged 75.
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"Hmm... Johnny's getting laid!"
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Keaton | ... | Johnny Kelly (AKA Johnny Dangerously) |
 | Joe Piscopo | ... | Danny Vermin |
 | Marilu Henner | ... | Lil |
 | Maureen Stapleton | ... | Ma Kelly |
 | Peter Boyle | ... | Jocko Dundee |
 | Griffin Dunne | ... | Tommy Kelly |
 | Glynnis O'Connor | ... | Sally |
 | Dom DeLuise | ... | The Pope |
| Richard Dimitri | ... | Roman Troy Moronie |
 | Danny DeVito | ... | Burr |
| Ron Carey | ... | Pat |
| Ray Walston | ... | Vendor |
| Dick Butkus | ... | Arthur |
 | Byron Thames | ... | Young Johnny |
| Alan Hale Jr. | ... | Desk Sergeant |
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90 min
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West Germany:12 |
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Two of the movie's four screenwriters, Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff previously created "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978).
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Anachronisms: At the end of the movie, Tommy Kelly sees The Roaring Twenties (1939). The latest date in this movie (the year it was being narrated in) is 1935.
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Danny Vermin:
This goes through armor. And through the victim, through the wall, through a tree outside...
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Featured in The 'Weird Al' Yankovic Video Library: His Greatest Hits (1992) (V)
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Hilarious, under rated gangster spoof about an essentially good hearted boy who grows up to be Johnny Dangerously (Michael Keaton), AKA: John Shannon, who uses his ill gotten gains to support his family - his ailing mom and send his little brother to law school, of all places. Things get sticky though when an old foe (Joe Piscapoe) comes after Johnny and his girlfriend (Marilu Henner) and Johnny's own brother tries to come after him as part of his mission to clean up the city.
Lots of great gags, like Johnny advising kids to chew gum instead of smoking, Johnny's jail house striped suit, the running gag of Joe Piscapoe's character saying that certain members of his family did something to him "once... ONCE.", the running gag of Johnny's brother being unable to resist the temptation of sex, and of course, the fireworks that go off whenever Johnny gets laid.