Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan

The complete innocent, Michael Jordan, is drawn into a web of secrecy and government secrets when the sister of man who has committed suicide gets into a taxi-cab with him.

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PG, 107 min.

Directed by: Sidney Poitier

Release Date: June 4, 1982

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DVD Release Date: September 24, 2002

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  • June 27, 2008
    Where's Richard Pryor when you need him?
  • November 20, 2008
    Lots of chemistry between Wilder & Radner but wasted in silly nonsense....
  • May 16, 2008
    gene wilder is funny in this movie along with gilda radner
  • May 8, 2008
    A movie that was supposed to be for Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor became a movie for Gene and Gilda Radner (from SNL) who he later married and was married to her until she passed away in 1989 from ovarian cancer.

    Sure it would have been great to have had Richard Pryor in this,...( read more) but I think Gilda really makes this movie, the chemistry between Gene and Gilda is great and they went on to make 2 more movies together (The Woman in Red and Haunted Honeymoon)

    If you've yet to see this movie or have not seen it in a number of years and can't remember all of the plot, then please don't read the back of the DVD box (if you have it) as it tells you more than you need to know about Gildas character in the movie.

    Directed by Sidney Poitier (who had done Stir Crazy 2 years before) does an ok job of keeping the movie moving along, I have no idea why the movie is called Hanky Panky mind you? If anybody can tell me that then please let me know:D

    What you're getting here is a mystery movie with the usual Wilder antics, so if you're a fan then you're sure to enjoy this movie... There's a few decent famous faces in the movie and a few faces that were just babes in movie lands arms in the form of William Sadler (Die hard 2) and Steve James (American Ninja movies ) Although Steve is a blink and you'll miss him cop that's credited as a stunt man (who also died at a young age with pancreatic cancer in 93:( )

    So this is a good movie and depending on your frame of mind when you watch it, it's a great movie,

    there's a lot of fun to be had but if you're looking for some Hanky Panky then you'll not find any in this movie.
  • February 21, 2008
    A great film, Gene Wilder stars as Michael Jordon, an architect who gets caught in the middle of a murder and espionage within the government. The late Gilda Radner stars in this classic 1982 film. A great and underrated film.
  • October 4, 2007
    crave into the woril of secrecy
  • July 18, 2007
    Odd, but enjoyable! Wilder is pretty good, the movie is just a little quirky!
  • April 23, 2007
    This randomly came on tv and I watched it. For a mystery movie it had some funny parts to it. Go figure with Gene Wilder in it.
  • April 20, 2007
    A great film, Gene Wilder stars as Michael Jordon, an architect who gets caught in the middle of a murder and espionage within the government. The late Gilda Radner stars in this classic 1982 film. A great and underrated film.
  • March 19, 2007
    This just hurts. I love the actors and director, but rather than be an homage to North By Northwest, it's an insult.

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