The Jerky Boys

IMDb link: 0110189
IMDb rating: 4.8 (3,060 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Director: Alan Arkin, Kamal Ahmed, James Melkonian
Cast: William Hickey, John G. Brennan, Kamal Ahmed and others

Release date: 3 Feb 1995
Release year: 1995
Runtime: 82 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: gay slur, former classmate, anger, live action, telephone, police, mafia, adolescent humor, racial stereotype, tasteless humor

Plot:

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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