Slither is a 1973 American comedy thriller film directed by Howard Zieff and starring James Caan.

Fearing he will be beaten again at the trailer park, Dick ducks into a bingo game and begins to play, then feigns leaving.

Barry arrives in a tow truck, revealing that he had simply gone for a tuna sandwich when Dick and the women thought he was abducted.

"[4] Variety wrote the film was "in effect, an excellent, live-action, feature-length counterpart to a great old Warner Bros.

"[6] Roger Ebert awarded three stars out of four, writing, "What makes it goofy, and nice, is that little effort is made to explain things.

What holds everything together is the nice sense of timing displayed by the director, Howard Zieff, who is the guy behind many of the best TV commercials these days.

"[7] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, writing that "too often the humor evaporates and we are left with an ensemble of fine actors creating memorable characters stuck with an essentially trivial story.

"[8] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post called the film "pleasantly wacky and offbeat," with "a likably resilient quality.

"[9] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times described it as "a thoroughly infectious, delightfully wacky comedy" that "asks nothing of the viewer but to sit back and enjoy himself.

"[10] Pauline Kael of The New Yorker called it "a suspense comedy that keeps promising to be a knockout entertainment; it never delivers, and it finally fizzles out, because the story idea isn't as good as the curlicues.