Tin Men (1987)

Storyline

One step short of larceny, the aluminum siding salesmen in this movie sell their wares, compete with each other, and engage in a lot of great dialog. Tin Men focuses on the rivalry between BB Babowsky and Ernest Tilley. At the same time, the end of small world of which they are kings looms near as a government probe investigates their industry. Tin Men, the 1987 Barry Levinson comedy melodrama (“The American dream changes. The people who sell it don’t.”) starring Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito, Barbara Hershey, John Mahoney, and Jackie Gayle