Tin Men
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Tin Men is a 1987 comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and produced by Mark Johnson. It is part of Levinson's series of "Baltimore films," set in his hometown.
Tagline
Tin Men Don't Get Mad....They Get Even!Plot
Tilley and Bill "BB" Bobowski are "tin men" — door-to-door aluminum siding salesmen in Baltimore in 1963. Working for different companies, they are prepared to do almost anything — legal or illegal — to close a sale. BB buys a shiny new car to maintain his image of success and almost immediately crashes into an older car driven by Tilley. This generates a spate of road rage and the two rivals vow to do anything to get back at the other. BB seduces Tilley's wife as an act of revenge, not knowing that Tilley wants to leave her. Exhausted by their rivalry, the two men decide to play a game of pool to decide who should get her. BB loses, but he does not honor the bet.An investigating commission charged with uprooting corrupt sales practices in the home improvements industry calls both men before them, and takes away their licences. Reconciled to their fate, the two men start planning new business deals together.
Main cast
- Danny DeVito - Ernest Tilley
- Richard Dreyfuss - William "BB" Bobowski
- Barbara Hershey - Mrs. Tilley
- Michael Tucker - Bagel (the same character he portrayed in the film Diner)
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