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Tin Men (1987)

Tin Men poster
Directed by
Barry Levinson
Genre
comedy film, comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 143 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two aluminum siding salesmen in 1960s Baltimore get into an escalating feud. Their rivalry spills into their personal lives and eventually forces them to confront their own dishonesty.

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What happens

Tin Men is a 1987 American comedy film written and directed by Barry Levinson, produced by Mark Johnson, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito and Barbara Hershey. It is the second of Levinson's tetralogy of films set in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, along with Diner (1982), Avalon (1990) and Liberty Heights (1999). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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