Stick

Burt Reynolds directed and starred in this actioner from an Elmore Leonard novel about an ex-con living dangerously close to the drug traffickers in Miami. When Stick (Reynolds) arrives in Miami just out of prison an old buddy of his is murdered sending Stick on a wild and complex journey to track down the killers. Along the way he meets the attractive Kyle (Candice Bergen) has to deal with Chucky (Charles Durning in a blond wig and loud tourist shirts) a mob go-fer and the albino Moke (Dar Robinson). In order to better zap his enemies Stick gets a job as chauffeur to rich Palm Beach underworld figure Barry (George Segal) -- and the plot coils and twists from there until the bad guys get their due.