Wise Guys

Wise Guys is a 1986 feature film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo. A comedy revolving around two small-time mobsters from Newark, New Jersey, it also features Harvey Keitel, Lou Albano and Frank Vincent. Italian American Harry Valentini (DeVito) and his Jewish friend and neighbor Moe Dickstein (Piscopo) are both on the bottom rung of Newark Mafia boss Anthony Castelo's (Dan Hedaya) gang. Making their livings th... more

Wise Guys is a 1986 feature film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo. A comedy revolving around two small-time mobsters from Newark, New Jersey, it also features Harvey Keitel, Lou Albano and Frank Vincent. Italian American Harry Valentini (DeVito) and his Jewish friend and neighbor Moe Dickstein (Piscopo) are both on the bottom rung of Newark Mafia boss Anthony Castelo's (Dan Hedaya) gang. Making their livings through doing Castelo's lowest jobs (such as looking after his goldfish or trying out bullet-proof jackets) the two men dream of opening the world's first Jewish-Italian delicatessen. The two accompany Frank 'The Fixer' Acavano (Albano), one of Castelo's top men and a violent psychopath, to Meadowlands Racetrack to place a bet on Castelo's behalf but Valentini changes the horse at the last minute as his boss is a very poor gambler. However this time Castelo had fixed the race meaning that Harry and Moe owe their boss thousands and, after a night... less