Izzy and Moe (1986)

Directors

Jackie Cooper

Cast

Art Carney, Jackie Gleason

The story

During the Prohibition era of the 1920s, a gangster named John Vanderhoff, alias "The Dutchman" (based on real-life gangster Dutch Schultz) was killing off the competition and setting up his own speakeasys. To fight back, the Prohibition Bureau needed to get some extra men. Former vaudeville entertainer Izzy Einstein (Jackie Gleason) volunteers; he is desperate to have a steady paycheck to support his wife, mother-in-law, and four daughters.

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