# Wise Guys (1986)

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**Runtime**: 92 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Crime
**Directed by**: Brian De Palma
**Written by**: George Gallo
**Starring**: Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey, Dan Hedaya, Louis Albano

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Brian De Palma tries his hand at a gangster comedy. Two low-level mob guys botch a hit, misplace a quarter of a million dollars, and are ordered to whack each other. What follows is a trip to Atlantic City. It's no *Goodfellas*, that's for sure.

**Mood tags**: pitch-black, playful

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