Wise Guys (1986)

Directed by

Brian De Palma

Genre

action film, comedy film, buddy film, crime film, crime comedy film, black comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 121 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two low-level gangsters in New Jersey bungle a job for their mob boss and end up in serious trouble. They try to find a way out while staying alive.

comedycrimebuddyfast-pacedscrewballvulgarenergetic

What happens

Wise Guys is a 1986 American black comedy crime film directed by Brian De Palma and produced by Aaron Russo from a screenplay written by George Gallo and Norman Steinberg. It stars Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo as Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein, two small-time mobsters from Newark, New Jersey, and features Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey, Lou Albano, Dan Hedaya and Frank Vincent. De Palma later called it "a movie I wish I hadn't done... The studio changed their minds and didn't want to make it. They just wanted us to go away. I should have just taken my money and walked instead of dealing with a studio that didn't want to make the movie." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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