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Today, it is as fresh and darkly comic as a Coen Brothers movie. James Caan (at his best) plays low-keyed, amiable, freshly-sprung ex-con who, right off the train, gets involved with a series of lunatics. They involve him in a scheme to retrieve some embezzled loot, and one by one start taxing Caan's patience.
It appears that the book was a prop in the movie from 1966 and later reused for Slither in 1973. The van is a 1973 Rec Trans Discover 25 R. It was based on a Dodge platform. The body was all fiberglass and the vehicle weighed five tons and got 10 miles per gallon. Peter Boyle does an imitation, singing, and James Caan gets it quickly, saying ...
While searching for a small fortune of embezzled money, an ex-con, a small-time bandleader, his doting wife and a kooky drifter find themselves being followed. Their chase takes them to trailer camps, bingo halls, laundromats and ultimately, a showdown with a group of unconventional bad guys.
Slither is a 1973 American comedy film directed by Howard Zieff and starring James Caan. Caan plays an ex-convict, one of several people trying to find a stash of stolen money. Peter Boyle and Sally Kellerman co-star. Slither was the first screenplay by W.D. Richter.
Slither: Directed by Howard Zieff. With James Caan, Peter Boyle, Sally Kellerman, Louise Lasser. A car thief gets out on parole from a penitentiary and intends to go straight. Nonetheless, he ends up in a wild goose chase for stolen cash, together with a small-time bandleader and his wife, and a friendly free-spirited woman.
Yes, it happens to be a road movie and on its zigzag route involving the search for a tucked-away stash of cash, you'll find a house blown to kingdom come.
Slither is a 1973 comedy film starring James Caan. It was directed by Howard Zieff. This was the first screenplay by W. D. Richter, who went on to adapt stories like Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Big Trouble in Little China for the screen and directed the cult film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
