Silver Streak poster

Silver Streak( 1976)

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

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Gene Wilder

      George Caldwell

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      Jill Clayburgh

      Hildegard 'Hilly' Burns

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      Richard Pryor

      Grover Muldoon

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      Patrick McGoohan

      Roger Devereau

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      Ned Beatty

      Bob Sweet

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      Clifton James

      Sheriff Chauncey

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      Ray Walston

      Mr. Edgar Whiney

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      Stefan Gierasch

      Professor Schreiner & Johnson

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      Len Birman

      Chief

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      Valerie Curtin

      Plain Jane

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      Lucille Benson

      Rita Babtree

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      Scatman Crothers

      Ralston

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      Richard Kiel

      Reace

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      Fred Willard

      Jerry Jarvis

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      Delos V. Smith Jr.

      Burt

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      Mathilda Calnan

      Blue-Haired Lady

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      Margarita García

      Mexican Mama-San

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      Henry Beckman

      Conventioneer

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      Harvey Atkin

      Conventioneer

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      Lloyd White

      Porter

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      Ed McNamara

      Benny

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      Raymond Guth

      Night Watchman

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      John Daheim

      Engineer #2

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      Jack O'Leary

      Fat Man #1

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      Lee McLaughlin

      Fat Man #2

    26. cast image

      Bill Henderson

      Red Cap

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      Tom Erhart

      Cab Driver

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      Gordon Hurst

      Moose

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      J.A. Preston

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Nick Stewart

      Shoeshiner

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      Steve Weston

      Conventioneer

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    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Tue Apr 11 2023
    **_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 b...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    6500000.00

    Revenue

    51100000.00

    Keywords

    • two man army
    • kansas, usa
    • train
    • theft
    • false accusations
    • semiautomatic pistol
    • sleeping car