Izzy & Moe

TV Movie
1985
Not Rated
1h 32m

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The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers, who become two of the best prohibition Agents in the 1920s.The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers, who become two of the best prohibition Agents in the 1920s.The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers, who become two of the best prohibition Agents in the 1920s.

Director
- Jackie Cooper
Writers
- Robert Boris
- Steven Patrick Bell
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6.3/10

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Director
- Jackie Cooper
Writers
- Robert Boris
- Steven Patrick Bell
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
This was Jackie Gleason's final collaboration with longtime friend and "The Honeymooners" co-star Art Carney.

Goofs
Izzy's wife is named Esther in the credits but called Vera throughout the film.

Quotes
Mrs. Pearlman: [Seeing Izzy putting on a sailor's uniform] You've joined the Navy! My prayers have been answered!
Izzy Einstein: Huh! You'll have to pray a little louder. This happens to be a disguise that me and Moe are putting on to knock off a speakeasy.
Mrs. Pearlman: [Turns and walks off] Vera, I TOLD you not to marry a man who puts mayonnaise on his pastrami.
Izzy Einstein: [to himself, looking puzzled] It's delicious.

Connections
Referenced in While We're Young (2014)

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8/10

It's Not The Honeymooners

When Jackie Gleason and Art Carney signed for this film project both men made it clear that th would not anything remotely like The Honeymooners. Isidore Einstein and Moe Smith will never be mistaken for Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton.

This apocryphal tale Izzy And Moe is the story of a pair of Prohibition who ook the job seriously and stepped on a lot of important toes in the colorful wys hey took down speakeasies. Their unpreposessing appearances was in fact a secret weapon. Bootleggers never mistook them for Eliot Ness. What y see here is only a small part of their creativiy.

Gleason and Carney complement each other beautifully. Notice should also be taken of Cynthia Harris on her Texas Guinan type character.

The ambence of the Roaring 20s is well captured here,, This is one enjoyavle film.