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Wise Guys · LeviOsa

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What kind of guys gamble with the boss's money, swipe a killer's Cadillac, and party on the mob's credit card?

ComedyCrime1h 32m

🍅29%

🍅

29%

Tomatometer

🍿

42%

Popcornmeter

5.4

TMDB

Storyline

Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.

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Details

DirectorBrian De Palma

ReleasedApr 17, 1986

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$13M

Revenue

$8.5M

Parental guideRUS

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Harry Valentini

Joe Piscopo

Joe Piscopo

Moe Dickstein

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Bobby DiLea

Ray Sharkey

Ray Sharkey

Marco

Dan Hedaya

Dan Hedaya

Anthony Castelo

Louis Albano

Louis Albano

Frank "The Fixer" Acavano

Julie Bovasso

Julie Bovasso

Lil Dickstein

Patti LuPone

Patti LuPone

Wanda Valentini

Antonia Rey

Antonia Rey

Aunt Sadie

Mimi Cecchini

Grandma Valentini

Matthew Kaye

Matthew Kaye

Harry Jr.

Tony Munafo

Tony Munafo

Santo Ravallo

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Reviews

5 reviews · 4 critics

2 fresh · 2 rotten

F

Fernando F. Croce

RTSlant MagazineAug 31, 2006

A mid-career faux pas, or the director's equivalent of the coruscating, laugh-stuck-in-your-throat dissonance of The King of Comedy?

R

Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesJan 1, 2000

Wise Guys is broad and farcical, but there's not a moment when Moe and Harry stop being lovable, or even believable.

A

Adrian Turner

RTRadio TimesJul 2, 2025

Conclusive evidence that De Palma can't tell a joke is provided by this woeful, barely shown effort in which Danny DeVito plays a Mafia messenger boy and Harvey Keitel is a hotelier.

N

Nick Rogers

RTMidwest Film JournalMay 2, 2016

It's tempting to dismiss "Wise Guys" as a pointless, ill-advised forebear to "Dumb and Dumber." But even if only for an act, you sense De Palma striving for more artful zaniness a la the Marx Brothers or a grimmer side of the Ealing Comedy spectrum.

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Information

Title

Wise Guys

Released

Apr 17, 1986

Rated

R

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 32m

Status

Released

Studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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