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Bookmark this pageJohnny Dangerously (1984)
Director: Amy Heckerling
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Parody of '30s gangster movies in which Michael Keaton's meteoric rise to cleanest-cut hood in town (after turning to crime at the age of 12) is matched only by his incorruptible brother's rise to fame as a crime-busting DA, complete with inevitable courtroom confrontation between the two. Some delightfully unexpected visual gags and off-the-wall one-liners, along with the good-looking period settings and a wealth of minor characters, give the film its strength. It becomes a little predictable in the middle, but the pace picks up in time for the classic final shootout. Despite lapses, infectiously good-humoured.Author: GO
Cast & crew
Director: Amy Heckerling
Producer: Michael Hertzberg
Cast: Michael Keaton, Jo Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne, Glynnis O'Connor, Dom DeLuise, Danny DeVito, Ray Walston, Carl Gottlieb full cast
Genre(s): Gangsters
Duration: 90 mins
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