What was the name of the 1987 film which starred Danny Devito and Richard Dreyfuss, playing aluminum-siding salesmen in Baltimore?

In this 1987 dark comedy, Richard Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito star as Bill "BB" Babowsky and Ernest Tilley, two intensely competitive aluminum-siding salesmen working in Baltimore in 1963. The film's title is derived from the slang term for these high-pressure salesmen who peddled metal siding door-to-door. After the two get into a minor car accident, their professional rivalry escalates into a personal war of escalating pranks and sabotage, with each man determined to ruin the other's life and career.

The film is a key work from writer-director Barry Levinson, serving as the second installment of his celebrated "Baltimore Films" tetralogy. These semi-autobiographical movies explore life in his hometown during different periods of the 20th century. This series began with *Diner* (1982) and was later completed with *Avalon* (1990) and *Liberty Heights* (1999).

Beyond the central feud, the movie also serves as a nostalgic and often funny look at a vanishing way of life. It captures a specific American era on the brink of major change, symbolized by the looming investigation of the home-improvement industry that threatens the "tin men" and their freewheeling, often deceptive, sales tactics.