Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Organized crime has never been this disorganized!
Director: Amy Heckerling · Writers: Norman Steinberg, Jeff Harris, Harry Colomby, Bernie Kukoff
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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Director
Amy Heckerling
Cast
Michael Keaton
Johnny Dangerously 
Joe Piscopo
Vermin 
Marilu Henner
Lil 
Maureen Stapleton
Mom 
Peter Boyle
Dundee 
Griffin Dunne
Tommy 
Glynnis O'Connor
Sally 
Dom DeLuise
The Pope 
Richard Dimitri
Maroni 
Danny DeVito
Burr 
Ron Carey
Pat 
Ray Walston
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Michael Keaton stars alongside heavyweight comedic actors like Marilu Henner, Joe Piscopo, Maureen Stapleton, and Peter Boyle in this send-up of gangster pictures. It is a really well-written satire that works on many different levels. The film was helmed by Amy Heckerling, the Director who brought us Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It features four Writers who all have backgrounds in television sitcoms, and that experience translates pretty well into the film's slapstick comedy. The film was released on December 21, 1984. Despite a terrific cast and great comedic elements, it flopped at the box office. However, Keaton’s run as a comedy act was far from over. The film is set in the 1930s and focuses on the young Johnny Kelly, a good-hearted kid who sells newspapers on the street corner and is stereotypical for the period. His mother is sick and has a multitude of ailments he cannot af…
