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UNITED STATES · 1984

Johnny Dangerously

Amy Heckerling
family obligation crime and consequences financial desperation mother-son relationships organized crime
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Synopsis

An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

Year1984
CountryUnited States
DirectorAmy Heckerling
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