The Jerky Boys
They were just a couple of losers from Queens...until they dialed a wrong number and got the mob!
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2/3/1995Runtime
82 minsOverview
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It isn't long before Johnny and Kamal (the "Jerky Boys" of crank call fame) are wanted by the local mafia, the police, and their neighbor.
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Two Queens goofballs bumble their way into genuine mob trouble through nothing but audacity and prank calls, spinning out a comedy powered by voice work and increasingly messy consequences. It's lowbrow comedy with an undercurrent of real danger that keeps threatening to derail the laughs.
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John G. Brennan
Himself / Frank 'Rubberneck' Rizzo
Kamal Ahmed
Kamal
Alan Arkin
Ernie Lazarro
William Hickey
Don 'Uncle Freddy' Frederico
Vincent Pastore
Tony Scarboni
Alan North
Micky Crump
Suzanne Shepherd
Mrs. B
Ozzy Osbourne
Band Manager
Brad Sullivan
Detective Robert Worzic
James Lorinz
Brett Weir
Brian Tarantina
Geno
Peter Appel
Sonny
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