Hanky Panky
Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.
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- Cast:
- Gene Wilder , Gilda Radner , Kathleen Quinlan , Richard Widmark , Robert Prosky , Josef Sommer , Johnny Sekka
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Let's be realistic.
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
Every time I decide to watch this little gem, I'm reminded of how well it was made and how much I like it! Richard Widmark is one of my favorite actors, and he really adds a nice touch of malicious villainy as he pursues Wilder.I agree that the scene in the airplane is one of the funniest.This film could have been directed by Mel Brooks.I remember Gene Wilder from many other wonderful films: Young Frankenstein, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Silver Streak, The Adventure of Sherlock Holme's Smarter Brother, Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and Everything You've Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask.It's very hard to find a copy of "Smarter Brother..." but it's well worth the search.You'll enjoy it very much. You've probably seen the others.
No, I'm not referring to Gene Wilder (extravagantly OTT) and Gilda Radner (in her tentative big screen debut) but to Richard Widmark, whose dour villain Ransom is a long, long way from his laughing killer Tommy Uddo way back in 1947, and director Poitier who played the noble victim of rat-like racist Widmark in Joseph L Mankiewicz's 'No Way Out' in 1950. Widmark was, it is said, troubled by the ferocity of his role but Poitier took it in good part and they acted together again in the daft but entertaining 'The Long Ships' in 1963, and, more rewardingly, in 'The Bedford Incident' in 1965. So, was Poitier doing veteran Widmark a favour by casting him in this so-so comedy, or was Widmark playing a (frankly unworthy) role for old time's sake? Anyway, seeing the film again 26 years on, in the wake of Widmark's death last month, I found myself laughing more than I'd expected (as well as lamenting the early demise of the gorgeous Kathleen Quinlan!).
'HANKY PANKY' Directed by Sidney Poitier,(To Sir With Love ) Is an only so-so comic outing with Gene Wilder, Minus 'Richard Pryor,RIP:( Instead wilder is cast with his real life wife, Gilda Radner,(Rip) Wilder plays innocent bystander, Micheal Jordon, who whilst in a taxi cab unwittingly becomes involved with a hysterical women, played by Kathleen Quinlan, Quinlan hand's some Government documents on to wilder who then becomes the target of Richard Widmark, in another trademark villainous role, as a shady government agent, Wilder And Radner, are hilariously pitted together with supreme comic situations, that culminates in a deadly showdown, with the villains,
This is such a great classical Gene Wilder movie. The first one he starred in with Gilda and they married soon after. Full of funny Wilder mannerisms. If you are not a fan of clean comedy you may find it not to your liking. In my personal favorites collection. It has everything a comedy should have. Wilder and Radner seem to feed off each other in their comedy. There is a lot of contrived material, but this is fiction and this material can be considered poetic license. Gene Wilder is at his usual with his unique mannerisms and his character portrayal. There are some extremely funny moments. There are some slow moments when the thin plot is being expanded. But this is not a movie you view for high drama, it is a movie you view just for the sheer pleasure of laughing.