Johnny G. - Reluctant gangster

Movie
German title	Johnny G. - Reluctant gangster
Original title	Johnny Dangerously
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1984
length	86 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Amy Heckerling
script	Norman Steinberg Harry Colomby Bernie Kukoff Jeff Harris
production	Michael Hertzberg
music	John Morris
camera	David M. Walsh
cut	Pembroke J. Herring
occupation
Michael Keaton : Johnny Kelly (Johnny Dangerously) Joe Piscopo : Danny Vermin Marilu Henner : Lil Sheridan Maureen Stapleton : Ma Kelly Peter Boyle : Jocko Dundee Richard Dimitri : Roman Troy Moronie Griffin Dunne : Tommy Kelly Dom DeLuise : The Pope Danny DeVito : Burr Dick Butkus : Arthur Byron Thames : Johnny Dangerously (young) Alan Hale junior : Police officer Glynnis O'Connor : Sally Ron Carey : Pat Ray Walston : Vendor Georg Olden Young Vermin Rick Rosenthal : Judge Carl Gottlieb : Dr. Magnus Jack Nance : priest Vincent Schiavelli : Moronie's Building Planner

Johnny G. - Dangerously is an American Gangster - comedy from the year 1984 .

action

Johnny Kelly, his younger brother Tommy, and his mother, after immigrating to the United States , live in New York City just above the poverty line and can barely survive. Of course, quick money lures in crime, but Johnny once promised his mother that he would always be honest. But the money as a newspaper seller is not enough to pay for the necessary operations for his mother, which is why he accepts the offer of the gang boss Jocko Dundee to rob his rival Roman Troy Moronie together. The attack is unfortunate and can only be brought to an end through the spectacular effort of Johnny. As a result, Moronie not only swears eternal revenge, he also gets his nickname Johnny Dangerously .

However, after mother Kelly's health continues to deteriorate and medical bills soar, Johnny joins the Dundee gang entirely. He quickly became known in the neighborhood, but he also wanted his little brother Tommy and his mother to never find out about it. When Tommy his law degree will pull to get married Sally, Johnny talked him out of the marriage and convinced him, but to be a lawyer. At the same time, he seeks the presence of beautiful women and meets the beautiful Lil Sheridan, who from then on will be his girl. The gang war between Moronie and Dundee is also escalating. After a few street battles and an unsuccessful attack on Dundee, Dundee resigns and Johnny becomes the new boss.

Tommy, now the new assistant to the district attorney, becomes so energetic and ambitious that he not only kills almost every gangster in town, but also has Moronie deported to Sweden , even though he claims not to be from there. The bought prosecutor Burr tells Johnny that Tommy is uncontrollable and it is only a matter of time before he finds out who Johnny Dangerously really is. So Danny, a subordinate of Johnny's, orders that Tommy be killed. But this also fails and after Johnny has visited his brother in the hospital, he has Burr out of the way. But that doesn't prevent Tommy from finding out at his wedding to Sally that his beloved brother Johnny is the most wanted criminal in town. He challenges him to a boxing duel, in which the winner forces the loser to give up his respective professional activity. Johnny lets himself be beaten down by Tommy and thrown into jail, so that his criminal career is over and Tommy can stand out as a great hero.

But Danny, who has already secretly taken over the Dundeegang, doesn't like this. He doesn't want to surrender too, so he kills the commissioner and then blames Johnny for the murder. Since Tommy believes in Johnny's innocence and finds out that Danny is the real killer, he does everything in his power to find the evidence needed to get Johnny out of jail. Danny finds out about this and accordingly plans to kill Tommy too. The ideal opportunity seems to be a visit to the cinema in the renowned Savoy . Johnny finds out about this, breaks out of prison and rushes to the performance just in time to stop Danny, who has snuck behind the screen with his gun. This saves Tommy, Johnny is pardoned by the governor present and Danny is arrested.

criticism

“Turbulent parody of the gangster films of Hollywood, which disrespectfully ironizes the genre and does not shrink from being silly. Due to the coarse synchronization, the film, which is mainly based on puns, largely loses its effect. "

- Lexicon of international film

publication

After its theatrical release on December 21, 1984, the film grossed just over 17 million US dollars at the box office. In Germany the film was released directly on VHS in June 1986 .

Web links

• Johnny G. - Dangerously in Internet Movie Database (English)
• Johnny G. - unwilling gangster in the German dubbing index
• Johnny G. - Reluctant Gangster in the online movie database
• Johnny G. - Reluctant Gangster at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johnny G. - Reluctant Gangster in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on April 8, 2012
2. ↑ Johnny Dangerously (1984) on boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed April 8, 2012