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Silver Streak is a 1976 American thriller comedy film, about a murder on a Los Angeles-to-Chicago train journey. It was directed by Arthur Hiller and stars Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, and Richard Pryor, with Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Clifton James, Ray Walston, Scatman Crothers, and Richard Kiel in supporting roles.
Dec 3, 1976 · Silver Streak: Directed by Arthur Hiller. With Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan. On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.
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.
George Caldwell is an overworked author, taking the "Silver Streak" from Los Angeles to Chicago. His problem is not getting on the train, but staying on the train. After witnessing a dead man being thrown off the train, George must find out the truth behind the murder.
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.
Silver Streak. A nutty blend of comedy-action-romance in the Hitchcock mold, as a book editor and a sexy secretary try to keep one step ahead of a criminal gang on a speeding train. With Jill Clayburgh. 2,591 IMDb 6.9 1 h 53 min 1976. X-Ray 13+.
On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed.
While on a cross-country train ride, overworked book editor George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) begins an unexpected romance with an enigmatic woman named Hilly Burns (Jill Clayburgh). His vacation is ...
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A nutty blend of comedy-action-romance in the Hitchcock mold, as a book editor and a sexy secretary try to keep one step ahead of a criminal gang on a speeding train. With Jill Clayburgh. IMDb 6.9 1 h 53 min 1976. X-Ray 13+.
Silver Streak. In this wild comedy adventure, rail passenger George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) finds that a romantic escapade with a sultry secretary (Jill Clayburgh) puts him in the middle of a Hitchcockian murder plot.
