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Bookmark this pageWise Guys (1986)
Director: Brian De Palma
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From Time Out Film Guide
Made in between Scarface and The Untouchables, De Palma's third gangster movie of the '80s is something completely different: a light-hearted and extremely wacky caper in which DeVito and Piscopo play small-time errand-runners for a local mobster. Failing in their efforts to essay a little double-crossing, each finds himself faced with a contract to kill the other. Instead they go on the run, and end up on a spending spree using the mob's credit card. Some great laughs, but it isn't hard to see why the film was never released theatrically in Britain: at times it just gets bogged down with over-the-top performances. The ending is great, though.Author: DA
Cast & crew
Director: Brian De Palma
Producer: Aaron Russo
Cast: Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey, Dan Hedaya, Julie Bovasso, Patti LuPone full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 91 mins
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