
Johnny Dangerously(1984)
An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

“You gotta be cool when the money's this hot.”
Burt, a clever ex-con, has changed his identity and has managed to land a job as a deputy in small town in upstate New York. On the 4th of July, while the drunken Sheriff Paisley is busy with the local parade and festivities, Burt quietly steals a million dollars in cash from the cellar safe in the local rich old widow's house. Unsuspected, Burt makes plans to live the rest of his life in the lap of luxury in a far off place with his attractive girlfriend, local hash house waitress Jeanette. But when a crisis of conscience hits him like a wave of ice cold water, he starts to think twice about his dastardly deed, and how that purloining of the old lady's money is wrongly affecting his friends as well as innocent locals. But will Burt do the right thing?

Michael Murphy
Burt / Tom

Orson Welles
Sheriff Paisley
Ann Lange
Jeanette
Daniel Buccos
Federal Agent
Lu M. Dishart
Tom's Secretary
Sharon Dyer
Fat Lady
Michele Finney
T.J. Pierson
Jo Ann Frost
Female Prison Guard
Marvin Goldhar
Ron Morrow
John Granik
Bill Martin
Hot Money is a comedy, crime film released in 1983. Directed by Zale Magder, it stars Michael Murphy, Orson Welles, Ann Lange. Burt, a clever ex-con, has changed his identity and has managed to land a job as a deputy in small town in upstate New York. On the 4th of July, while the drunken Sheriff Paisley is busy with the local parade and festivities, Burt quietly steals a million dollars in cash from the cellar safe in the local rich old widow's house. Unsuspected, Burt makes plans to live the rest of his life in the lap of luxury in a far off place with his attractive girlfriend, local hash house waitress Jeanette. But when a crisis of conscience hits him like a wave of ice cold water, he starts to think twice about his dastardly deed, and how that purloining of the old lady's money is wrongly affecting his friends as well as innocent locals. But will Burt do the right thing?
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