Silver Streak

1976 • 1h 54m •

Comedy Crime Romance Thriller Action

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★ 6.7/10

376 reviews

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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.

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

Top Billed Cast

Gene Wilder

George Caldwell

Jill Clayburgh

Hildegard 'Hilly' Burns

Richard Pryor

Grover Muldoon

Patrick McGoohan

Roger Devereau

Ned Beatty

Bob Sweet

Clifton James

Sheriff Chauncey

Ray Walston

Mr. Edgar Whiney

Stefan Gierasch

Professor Schreiner & Johnson

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W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic

2023-04-11

**_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 titl...