Armed and Dangerous
“Undercover. Overdressed. And keeping you safe from the scum of the earth.”
After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defense lawyer Norman Kane. When the two botch a job guarding a local warehouse, they begin to uncover corruption within the company and their union.
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Armed and Dangerous performed
Budget
$12.0M
Worldwide Gross
$15.9M
Gross Profit
$3.9M
Return
1.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Frank Dooley
John Candy
Frank Dooley
Norman Kane
Eugene Levy
Norman Kane
Michael Carlino
Robert Loggia
Michael Carlino
Captain Clarence O'Connell
Kenneth McMillan
Captain Clarence O'Connell
Maggie Cavanaugh
Meg Ryan
Maggie Cavanaugh
Anthony Lazarus
Brion James
Anthony Lazarus
Clyde Klepper
Jonathan Banks
Clyde Klepper
Sergeant Rizzo
Don Stroud
Sergeant Rizzo
Kokolovitch
Larry Hankin
Kokolovitch
The Cowboy
Steve Railsback
The Cowboy
Mel Nedler
Robert Burgos
Mel Nedler
Cappy
Tony Burton
Cappy
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