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Johnny Dangerously
An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
1984 · Directed by Amy Heckerling · 90 min · Comedy · Crime · 8 frames
Tagline
Organized crime has never been this disorganized!
Crew
- Written by: Norman Steinberg, Jeff Harris, Harry Colomby, Bernie Kukoff
- Cinematography: David M. Walsh
- Edited by: Pembroke J. Herring
- Music: John Morris
- Production design: Joseph R. Jennings
- Produced by: Michael Hertzberg
Cast
- Michael Keaton as Johnny Dangerously
- Joe Piscopo as Vermin
- Marilu Henner as Lil
- Maureen Stapleton as Mom
- Peter Boyle as Dundee
- Griffin Dunne as Tommy
- Glynnis O'Connor as Sally
- Dom DeLuise as The Pope
- Richard Dimitri as Maroni
- Danny DeVito as Burr
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Edgewood Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $9,000,000
- Box office: $17,000,000
- Themes: mobster, organized crime, woman director, 1930s
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