+1 Brain of Randomness

Another collection of movies which I love, but I not everyone has seen or remembers.  I'll tell you why I love them and you can go see for yourself.

Silver Streak - Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in their first collaboration.  Wilder is an author who is taking the train to relax, but ends up getting caught up in espionage and murder, only to be helped out by a small time crook who's in the back of a police car he's forced to steal.  Ned Beatty is great as is "Jaws" (of Bond movie fame.)

Support Your Local Sheriff - James Garner in the funniest western this side of Blazing Saddles.  He plays a gunfighter who decides to take up the mantle of sheriff in a small town that has a lot of trouble.  He cleans up the town and takes on the family of bad guys who controls the region.  Henry Morgan is brilliant as the mayor as well.  I recommend this movie to all fans of Maverick or the Rockford Files.

Murder By Death - A great ensemble cast poke fun at all the tropes of murder mysteries and all the characters therein.  Like Clue, but much funnier.  Peter Sellers, David Niven, Alec Guiness, Peter Falk, and many others.  They're invited to solve a murder that hasn't happened yet and there are many humorous twists and turns throughout.

Pass the Ammo - Tim Curry and Bill Paxton in the story of some people trying to get revenge on the TV preacher (Curry) who swiped their inheritance and end up taking him hostage on live TV.  Both are at their best in this hilarious and quotable movie.  "Bubba, pass your mama the mortar."

Doctor Detroit - Dan Akroyd stars as a mild mannered professor who is tricked into being a pimp, and creates an alter-ego to strike fear into his enemies.  I think it's one of his best performances.  Great backup from Howard Hesseman and Fran Drescher.

I should really get around to doing one of these about action movies.