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- Release Date: 1995
- Runtime: 82 min
- Genre: Comedy, Crime
- Starring: John G. Brennan, Kamal Ahmed, Alan Arkin, William Hickey ... see all
- Director: James Melkonian
- Plot: When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It... Read more
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jerky!
Jul 01, 2006
jakeofsuburbia - yahoo.com
Jul 01, 2006jakeofsuburbia - yahoo.com
GREATEST MOVIE EVER! i loved it. my farther loved it. my sis loved it. my mother loved it. it was basically the movie of choice wen i was a wee little lad!... Full review
An alright pranksters movie
Oct 16, 2003
dano_eminem - yahoo.com
Oct 16, 2003dano_eminem - yahoo.com
Not as funny as their cd's but the movie still has a few laughs. One of the bad things about this movie is that the character Johnny does everything he gets all the laughs and does all the pranks and Kamal... Full review
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