Try these instead:
1) The Americanization of Emily (1964) — A tart anti-war comedy starring James Garner and Julie Andrews in arguably their finest roles.
2) The In-Laws (1979) — Peter Falk as a CIA agent, Alan Arkin as his impossibly buttoned-down in-law. The most underrated comedy of the 1970s.
3) The Hospital (1971) — A savage black comedy about the sorry state of American medicine starring George C. Scott and a very hot Diana Rigg.
4) The Out-of-Towners (1970) — A salesman and his wife (Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis) try to check into a hotel in New York for 101 hilarious minutes.
and
5) the very first episode of television's The Addams Family! You gotta love a guy who directed the very first episode of The Addams Family!
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Once again, the monkey's insight is masterful.
I would also put in a good word for Silver Streak. Hiller is the rare director that, in my rating system, made a film at every star level, including making **** films (you are so right on The Americanization of Emily and The Hospital) and a zero star film (An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn).
I saw Silver Streak back in the day and loved it, especially Richard Pryor, but I haven't seen it in a long time and didn't entirely trust my memory of it -- when I was a teenage boy, Jill Clayburgh was right in my wheelhouse. That can distort perceptions a bit.
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