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Armed and Dangerous (1986) is a movie starring John Candy as Frank Dooley, Eugene Levy as Norman Kane, Robert Loggia as Michael Carlino and Meg Ryan as Maggie Cavanaugh. The plot involves Dooley, a police officer and Kane, a criminal defense attorney, recently drummed out of their respective professions. Frank Dooley loses his job as a police officer after he catches two corrupt officers stealing a television set. He refuses to join in with them, so they overpower him and fabricate a story which gets Dooley fired. Kane loses his job as a criminal defense attorney, the judge at his last case even asks perjoritively "Where did you go to law school?", and tells him that he is considerably worse than any other lawyer that he has ever known.

The film's premise involves the pair uncovering of a scheme formulated by the security guard union's leaders (who collect $15 from each worker's weekly paycheck) to embezzle the money for their own personal gain. The pair are assigned to guard a toxic waste site after clashing with the union leaders when they refuse to answer questions about the status of the pension's fund, and question the compulsory nature of union membership.

The main source of the film's comedy comes from the interactions between Dooley and Kane, and the various mishaps and close-calls that befall the pair on their journey. There is also a romantic interest between Kane and Cavanaugh, although there does not seem to be much on-screen chemistry between the two.

The film was released in the United States on August 15th of 1986, and is set in Los Angeles, California during the 1980s.

Tagline: Undercover. Overdressed. And keeping you safe from the scum of the earth.

Quote on Promotional Posters: A comedy about security guards with the safety off

Quotes

The Cowboy: "Slim, I ain't never seen a handgun that big before!"
Frank Dooley: "It's a fifty caliber. They used to use this to hunt buffalo with... up close. It's only legal in two states... and this isn't one of 'em."

Norman Kane (defending a client, speaking to the judge): "I sincerely feel that the facts are completely irrelevant in this case."

Captain O'Connell: "You work ten hours, you make forty-six dollars."
Dooley: "Now... let me get this straight. If I worked say, three billion hours, I could pull in over twelve billion dollars, roughly?" (quickly adding) "I mean, if I was a real go-getter and I put the time in."

Tanning Salon Woman: "Gosh, I didn't realize it was going to be this formal. If I had known it was going to be this kind of party, I would have worn underwear."

Maggie Cavanaugh (instructing the security guard trainees on firearm usage): "Just remember that when you pull the trigger, bullets are going to come out very, very fast. So make sure that you keep the gun pointed away from you. Now, thats about it. You are now armed guards. God help us all."

Trivia

The film that Norman Kane is watching in the warehouse is The Caine Mutiny.

The role of Norman Kane was originally written for Tom Hanks, but he chose not to do the film. John Candy then suggested that his fellow Second City TV alum Eugene Levy be cast as the character, which he was.

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