ComedyCrimeRomanceThriller

Silver Streak

- By train, by plane, by the edge of your seat - It's the most hilarious suspense ride of your life!

A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.

Release Date : 1976-12-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Frank Yablans PresentationsMiller-Milkis Productions20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : George Caldwell

Original Name : Gene Wilder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hildegard 'Hilly' Burns

Original Name : Jill Clayburgh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grover Muldoon

Original Name : Richard Pryor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roger Devereau

Original Name : Patrick McGoohan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bob Sweet

Original Name : Ned Beatty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Chauncey

Original Name : Clifton James

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Edgar Whiney

Original Name : Ray Walston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Schreiner & Johnson

Original Name : Stefan Gierasch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief

Original Name : Len Birman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plain Jane

Original Name : Valerie Curtin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rita Babtree

Original Name : Lucille Benson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ralston

Original Name : Scatman Crothers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reace

Original Name : Richard Kiel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jerry Jarvis

Original Name : Fred Willard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Burt

Original Name : Delos V. Smith Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blue-Haired Lady

Original Name : Mathilda Calnan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mexican Mama-San

Original Name : Margarita García

Gender : Female

Character Name : Conventioneer

Original Name : Henry Beckman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Conventioneer

Original Name : Harvey Atkin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Porter

Original Name : Lloyd White

Gender : Male

Character Name : Benny

Original Name : Ed McNamara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Night Watchman

Original Name : Raymond Guth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Engineer #2

Original Name : John Daheim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fat Man #1

Original Name : Jack O'Leary

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fat Man #2

Original Name : Lee McLaughlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Red Cap

Original Name : Bill Henderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cab Driver

Original Name : Tom Erhart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Moose

Original Name : Gordon Hurst

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter (uncredited)

Original Name : J.A. Preston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shoeshiner

Original Name : Nick Stewart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Conventioneer

Original Name : Steve Weston

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2023-05-05

**_Drama, romance, crime, mystery, comedy, adventure, suspense and action on a train_** A book editor traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago by rail (Gene Wilder) supposedly witnesses a crime while partying with a secretary (Jill Clayburgh). He suddenly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous conspiracy. Richard Pryor plays a helpful thief, Ned Beatty a passenger, Patrick McGoohan a smooth art expert, Richard Kiel a heavy and Len Birman a cop. "Silver Streak” (1976) meshes Hitchcockian murder thriller with the amusing antics of Wilder and Pryor for an entertaining train flick. As my title blurb states, it expertly mixes genres into a fun and compelling rail ride. If you like train flicks like "Runaway Train" (1985), "Transiberian" (2008), "Train" (2008), “Night Train” (2009), "Beyond the Door III" (1989), “The Cassandra Crossing” (1976), “Breakheart Pass” (1975) and “Horror Express” (1972) you’ll also enjoy this one. It’s as good or better than most of ’em. It just includes amusement along with the life-or-death thrills à la the 80’s Indiana Jones adventures. The film runs 1 hour, 54 minutes, and was shot in SoCal, including Century City (studio), Union Station in Los Angeles, South Pasadena (New Mexico train stop), the Mojave Desert (the ranch with the plane) and Brea (the redneck sheriff’s office), as well as Alberta (the prairie scenes), Locust Hill in Ontario, Union Station in Toronto and Northwestern Station in Chicago. GRADE: A-/B+