Johnny Kelly/Johnny Dangerously
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Johnny Dangerously is a 1984 American crime comedy film and a parody of 1930s crime/gangster movies. It was directed by Amy Heckerling; two of its four screenwriters, Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff, had previously created the hit series Diff'rent Strokes.
Dec 19, 2014 · In honor of the 30th anniversary of 'Johnny Dangerously,' Michael Keaton's most underrated film, here are the lines you should still use.
- 2 min
- Ashley Burns
Johnny Dangerously: Directed by Amy Heckerling. With Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton. 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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- Comedy, Crime
- Amy Heckerling
- 1984-12-21
The year is 1910. Young Johnny Kelly (Byron Thames) is a poor but honest newsboy in New York City. Johnny beats up Danny Vermin (Georg Olden) in self defense and discovers his mom needs an operation they cannot afford.
Johnny Dangerously (1984) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Johnny Dangerously is a 1984 American crime comedy film, and a parody of 1930s crime/gangster movies. It was directed by Amy Heckerling; its four screenwriters included Bernie Kukoff and Jeff Harris.
His archenemy is Danny Vermin, played by Joe Piscopo, and there are a lot of other interesting characters around, including Marilu Henner as a sex bomb who spends some of her most intimate moments on top of a piano; Peter Boyle as an eminently reasonable mob patriarch, and Maureen Stapleton as Johnny’s long-suffering mom.
