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.
Acting
Peter Boyle's bandleader energy is unhinged perfection.
Writing
Wacky W. D. Richter script before he invented Buckaroo Banzai.
Production
Trailer parks and bingo halls never looked so cinematically sad.
Director
Howard Zieff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Howard Zieff's directorial debut before he made the classic Private Benjamin. He clearly loved working with Peter Boyle.
W. D. Richter's script is pure 1970s American desperation comedy, the same energy he'd later pour into cult masterpiece The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. Slither is basically its scruffy, broke cousin.
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