1973 In Review - March
#3
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.
Having just gotten out of prison, James Caan is looking to readapt into society, and finds nothing but trouble along the way. First it's a woman who needs help fixing her car (Sally Kellerman), and then it's a girl he barely knew from high school (Louise Lasser), now married to Peter Boyle, and a lot of other nut jobs told you nothing but lead him into trouble. This action comedy hasn't really stood the test of time, stuck in the counterculture of the 70's.
I have no idea why the film was called slither too, I was expecting this to be a horror, not a comedy road movie.