The StandIn (1985)

The brilliant Danny Glover stars as Apples Finnerty a low budget film producer whose life is crumbling Finnerty cant get work hes been evicted and his wife is unfaithful As he drives into the hills he gets a flat A helpful stranger turns out to be an armed robber Apples kills his assailant in self defense and switches identities with him escaping his own disastrous past Unfortunately his new identity is in hot water with the mob Despite a bright new love interest Apple looks like a twotime loser until a crime boss creates a surprise ending Made possible by grants from the American Film Institute and the Rockefeller Foundation