Wise Guys (1986)

5.6	Rating (46 ratings)
5.7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Brian De Palma

Starring (View all)

Danny DeVito
Harry Valentini

Joe Piscopo
Moe Dickstein

Harvey Keitel
Bobby DiLea

Ray Sharkey
Marco

Dan Hedaya
Anthony Castelo

Lou Albano
Frank 'The Fixer' Acavano

Julie Bovasso
Lil Dickstein

Patti LuPone
Wanda Valentini

Written by

George Gallo

Norman Steinberg

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16 years, 12 months ago at May 13 19:57

2shortplanks

1 vote

It's your basic comedy idea; What if instead of following the competent mafia guys around, we follow the lowest of the low? The mafia guys whose primary job is to get the top mafia guy's laundry. And what if they were so incompetent that they screwed up so the whole mob came after them, and they had to rely on thier abilities to survive?

It's not bad, but it's a basic concept that... read more

An average movie

9 years, 8 months ago at Aug 27 10:35

johanlefourbe

1 vote

When a movie is called ‘Wise Guys’ and it is directed by Brian De Palma, in my opinion , you are entitled to expect a great gangster feature, some kind of mix between ‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Scarface’. Unfortunately, the whole thing was rather misleading and it was in fact a comedy and instead of dealing with some hard thugs, it was dealing with some losers working for the mob. So, those guy... read more

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Release date: 18 April 1986
UPC: 012569675582

Tags: Comedy (3), Crime (2), Gangster (2), Mafia (2), 1986 (2), Innept (2), Gangsters (1), 1980s (1), 80's (1), HQ (1), Wise Guys (1), MGM Studios (1)

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" Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are goons for the Newark mob boss Castelo. They are sent to the race track to place a bet on a horse but screw it up by betting on the wrong horse. Now they owe $250,000 but they separately get an offer to work it off; by killing the other one. Together they go off to Atlantic City where Harry's mobster uncle Mike may be able to bail them out. Wise Guys is a 1986 American black comedy crime film directed by Brian De Palma and produced by Aaron Russo from "

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" Directed by: Brian DePalma Produced by: Aaron Russo and Irwin Russo Written by: George Gallo and Norman Steinberg Cinematography: Fred Schuler Edited by: Gerald B. Greenberg Music by: Ira Newborn Distributed by: MGM/UA"