Johnny Dangerously

Johnny Dangerously (1984) is an American crime comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Amy Heckerling and led by Michael Keaton in the title role. Johnny is, at heart, an honest guy. The trouble is that his mother collects illnesses the way other people collect stamps, and her medical bills are ruinous.

So Johnny goes into the mob — and turns out to be surprisingly good at it, rising through the ranks under the wing of genial boss Dundee (Peter Boyle). The catch: his straight-arrow brother is a prosecutor who has sworn to put every gangster in the city behind bars, blood relative or not. Meanwhile, Vermin (Joe Piscopo) has a personal grudge and a foul mouth to match.

The cast around Keaton includes Griffin Dunne, Danny DeVito, and Dom DeLuise. Heckerling fills the film with deliberate anachronisms and quotable nonsense, turning the 1930s gangster picture inside out. Stream Johnny Dangerously (1984) online on iFILM.