"The American Dream changes. The people who sell it don't."

1987

1h 52m

6.3(129 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.

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Cast & Crew

54 members

Acting

Richard Dreyfuss

Bill 'BB' Babowsky

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Danny DeVito

Ernest Tilley

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Barbara Hershey

Nora Tilley

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John Mahoney

Moe Adams

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Jackie Gayle

Sam

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Stanley Brock

Gil

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Seymour Cassel

Cheese

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Bruno Kirby

Mouse

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J. T. Walsh

Wing

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Richard Portnow

Carly

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Matt Craven

Looney

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Alan Blumenfeld

Stanley

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Brad Sullivan

Masters

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Michael Tucker

Bagel

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Deirdre O'Connell

Nellie

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Sheila McCauley

Ada

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Michael Willis

Mr. Shubner

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Penny Nichols

Mrs. Shubner

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Susan Duvall

Suburban Housewife

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David DeBoy

Suburban Husband

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Walt MacPherson

Cadillac Salesman

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Florence Moody

Diner Waitress

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Myron Citronbaum

Salesman #1 at Hearing

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Ralph Tabakin

Mr. Hudson

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Norma Posner

Mrs. Hudson

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William C. Godsey

Belvedere Hotel Barman

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Roland Gift

Band Member

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David Steele

Band Member

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Andy Cox

Band Member

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Sharon Ziman

Mason Dixon Operator #1

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Lois Raymond Munchel

Mason Dixon Operator #2

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Kathy Jones

Mason Dixon Operator #3

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Cindy Geppi

Social Security Girl #1

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Ellen Sills

Social Security Girl #2

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Mary Morgan

Social Security Girl #3

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Marcia Herr

Social Security Girl #4

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Karen Barth

Gibraltar Operator #1

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Sharon Crofoot

Gibraltar Operator #2

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Geri Lynn Kelbaugh

Gibraltar Operator #3

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Lisa Ford

Gibraltar Operator #4

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Becky Weidner

Gibraltar Operator #5

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Patti Lennon-Potter

Gibraltar Operator #6

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Shirley Ann Wilson

Gibraltar Operator #7

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Joshua Billings

Man #1 at Crash

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Jeffrey Moser

Man #2 at Crash

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Freddie Stevens

Piano Bar Crooner

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Bill Danoff

Police Officer

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Katherine Ellis

Ruthie, Woman Asking BB to Dance

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Eva Jean Berg

Woman at Smorgasboard

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Todd Jackson

Young Boy

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Barbara Rappaport

Coffee Shop Waitress

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Theodore Goldman

Pool Hall Worker

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Kathleen Goldpaugh

Arguing Wife

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Brian Costantini

Arguing Husband

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Danny DeVito

Barbara Hershey

John Mahoney

Jackie Gayle

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Seymour Cassel

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Richard Portnow

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Alan Blumenfeld

Brad Sullivan

Michael Tucker

Deirdre O'Connell

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Myron Citronbaum

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