Johnny Dangerously is a 1984 screwball comedy directed by Amy Heckerling (Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Clueless).The film was a farcical tale of a 'good kid' gone bad as it followed the life of Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton), who would later become the mysterious gangster "Johnny Dangerously" during the 1930s. The film at times, broke the fourth wall in that the title character starts addressing the audience directly in the middle of the scene. The cast included Joe Piscopo, Peter Boyle and Danny DeVito.
The following weapons were used in the film Johnny Dangerously:
Early in the film, Johnny Dangerously wields an anachronistic Smith & Wesson Model 36 "Chiefs Special". It is identified by the style of ejector rod and the flat latch cylinder release.
Dundees' gang pulls their guns on an unwitting delivery man who drops off a suspicious crate at their office. One of the men carries a Smith & Wesson M&P Revolver.
Danny Vermin (Joe Piscopo) holds a gun he calls 'an 88 magnum', supposedly a revolver custom made for him. The mythological ".88 Magnum revolver" however, is just a long barreled Colt New Service Revolver with black pearl grips chambered in .45 long colt. It was made for him special. It "shoots through schools," as Vermin puts. It can shoot through armor, the victim, and a tree outside, presumably with a single shot, although it failed to penetrate Johnny's cigarette case at the end of the film.
The weapon appears purely to accommodate a verbal pun on the then famous .44 magnum revolver (made famous by Dirty Harry), since an .88 caliber would be enormous and impractical to have as a revolver round. Also 'magnum rounds' were not 'common until after years after the introduction of the .357 magnum in 1934. Until the film-viewing public becomes more gun literate, most casual movie goers would have to be told that the .88 magnum does not exist in real life.
The Star Model B is used by one of Dundees' men, presumably standing in for a M1911A1 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingBlued Star Model B - 9mm pistol from the movie The Untouchables (1987). This one is a screen used and fired handgun in the movie and was used by Kevin Costner on screen.Error creating thumbnail: File missingOne of Dundee's gangmembers holds a Star Model B. Standing in for an M1911 pistol, the Star is evident because of the external extractor on the slide - 9mm
Thompsons M1928 Submachine guns are used extensively in the film, mostly by assassins sent by Moronie to kill Johnny Dangerously.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM1928 "Tommy Gun" - .45 ACP with 50-round drum magazine, made famous through countless classic gangster movies.Error creating thumbnail: File missingMoronie sends a very disturbing looking automated puppet of himself (like the early fortune teller mechanical people) to kill Dundee and his men, including Johnny, wielding a Thompson M1928 Submachine gun - .45 acpError creating thumbnail: File missingA hitman disguise as a window washer takes aim at Johnny Dangerously in the street with a Thompson M1928 Submachine gun.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA hitwoman who was posing as a dress store mannequin tries to clear a jam in her Thompson M1928 as she tries to assassinate Johnny Dangerously.
Hudson Replica Thompson M1928
A Hudson replica Thompson Submachine gun is used as evidence by District Attorney Kelly (Griffin Dunne) during the trial of Roman Moronie.
A short barreled Thompson submachine gun is smuggled to Johnny as he plots his escape from prison. It is made from a chopped up Hudson Thompson Replica and each piece, rather unrealistically, snaps together to form a firearm, though it is a bluff. When Johnny escapes he tosses the gun and it breaks apart.
