Johnny Dangerously

Johnny Dangerously
Theatrical release poster by Drew Struzan
Directed by	Amy Heckerling
Screenplay by	Harry Colomby Jeff Harris
Story by	Bernie Kukoff Norman Steinberg
Produced by	Michael Hertzberg
Starring	Michael Keaton Joe Piscopo Marilu Henner Maureen Stapleton Peter Boyle Griffin Dunne Glynnis O'Connor Dom DeLuise Richard Dimitri Danny DeVito
Cinematography	David M. Walsh
Edited by	Pembroke J. Herring
Music by	John Morris
Production company	Edgewood Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 21, 1984 (1984-12-21)
Running time	90 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$9 million[2]
Box office	$17.1 million

Johnny Dangerously is a 1984 American crime comedy film directed by Amy Heckerling; two of its four screenwriters, Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff, had previously created the hit series Diff'rent Strokes.

The film, a parody of 1930s crime/gangster movies, stars Michael Keaton as an honest, goodhearted man who turns to a life of crime to finance his mother's skyrocketing medical bills and to put his younger brother through law school. Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne, Dom DeLuise, Danny DeVito, Dick Butkus and Alan Hale Jr. were in the film.

Part of the film's comedic appeal is the clever and frequent use of malapropisms by Johnny and other crime characters, especially in instances where curse words were intended.