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Season 5: Episode 248 - The 80s: One Dark Night (1983)/Lady in White (1988)

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🎬ARMED AND DANGEROUS 🎬 Frank Dooley (John Candy) is a beat cop who loses his job after he is framed for theft by two fellow officers. Norman Kane (Eugene Levy) is an attorney who is asked to step down from practicing law, when he cowardly tries to plea bargain for his client after threats of murder. When the duo is paired together in their new profession as arm security guards, they haphazardly stumble across their local union leaders plot to embezzle eleven million dollars. Now the bumbling pair must enlist the help of their bosses daughter, (Meg Ryan) to assist in foiling the plot to knock over the armored truck carrying The unions funds. I want to call this a guilty pleasure film, but I don’t feel even remotely guilty for loving this. The teaming up of John Candy and Eugene Levy is absolutely brilliant. And even after several watching‘s it is still one of my favorite John Candy films. Eugene Levy, as the mostly spineless former attorney Norman Kane, plays perfectly off of Candy’s bravado. Frank Loggia was a fantastic choice for the mob like union boss, and Meg Ryan plays her naïve but rebellious role superbly. Rounding out the rest of the cast: Tommy Lister Jr as Bruno Byron James as Anthony Lazarus, Jonathan Banks as Clyde Kepler James Tolkan as Lou Brackman Kenneth McMillan as Captain Clarence O’Connell Steve Railsback as the cowboy Larry Hankin as Kokolovitch Don Stroud as Lieutenant Rizzo Tony Burton as Cappy 7.5/10 #eugenelevy #johncandy #megryan #frankloggia #tommylisterjr #tinylister #armedanddangerous #comedyclassic #buddymovie https://www.instagram.com/p/CRWeMavMjcj/?utm_medium=tumblr