Michael Hertzberg

In this satire of thirties gangster films an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills while, his brother, an assistant D.A, is trying to stop Johnny's criminal activities.

A has-been movie director (Mel Brooks) intends to make a comeback by making a silent movie, and in the process, save his film studio from a takeover by a New York-based conglomerate.