The best Jack Kehoe’s comedy movies

Jack Kehoe

Jack Kehoe

21/11/1934- 14/01/2020
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The Sting

The Sting
8.3/10
Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.

Midnight Run

Midnight Run
7.5/10
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy
6.2/10
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

Car Wash

Car Wash
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/10/1976
  • Character: Scruggs
This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.

The Paper

The Paper
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 18/03/1994
  • Character: Phil
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.

The Pope of Greenwich Village

The Pope of Greenwich Village
6.6/10
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.

The Wild Life

The Wild Life
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 28/09/1984
  • Character: Mr Parker
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind
4.7/10
God throws his hands up at the foolishness of humanity and orders the race destroyed. A trio of bleeding-heart angels strike a deal with him: if they can find just two good souls, the Lord will allow Earth to survive. Unfortunately, the angels have staked the future of the species on a thieving bank teller and an inventor/con-artist

Melvin and Howard

Melvin and Howard
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/09/1980
  • Character: Jim Delgado
The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
4.9/10
This is the funny story about two warring Mafia gangs in New York. The weaker gang use incredibly a lion to blackmail the opposite gang's "clients". The police succeeds to stop one of the gang, while the other remain without the Boss.

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
5.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 06/11/1979
  • Character: Setshot
The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners.

Law and Disorder

Law and Disorder
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 09/10/1974
  • Character: Elliott
In crime ridden New York of the seventies two cops has had enough. They decide to take justice into their own hands. Things turn exciting and humorous. No hoodlum goes safe.

Shell Game

Shell Game
5.4/10
A convicted con artist sets out to expose the head of a charity fund who has been embezzling money to cover his huge gambling losses.

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