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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.

1h 54m1976PGTMDb 6.7

ComedyCrimeRomanceThriller

English

Crew and Cast

Arthur HillerArthur HillerDirectorGene WilderGene WilderGeorge CaldwellJill ClayburghJill ClayburghHildegard 'Hilly' BurnsRichard PryorRichard PryorGrover MuldoonPatrick McGoohanPatrick McGoohanRoger DevereauNed BeattyNed BeattyBob SweetClifton JamesClifton JamesSheriff ChaunceyRay WalstonRay WalstonMr. Edgar WhineyStefan GieraschStefan GieraschProfessor Schreiner & JohnsonLen BirmanLen BirmanChiefValerie CurtinValerie CurtinPlain JaneLucille BensonLucille BensonRita BabtreeScatman CrothersScatman CrothersRalstonRichard KielRichard KielReaceFred WillardFred WillardJerry JarvisDelos V. Smith Jr.Delos V. Smith Jr.BurtMathilda CalnanMathilda CalnanBlue-Haired Lady
Margarita GarcíaMexican Mama-SanHenry BeckmanHenry BeckmanConventioneerHarvey AtkinHarvey AtkinConventioneer
Lloyd WhitePorterEd McNamaraEd McNamaraBennyRaymond GuthRaymond GuthNight WatchmanJohn DaheimJohn DaheimEngineer #2
Jack O'LearyFat Man #1
Lee McLaughlinFat Man #2Bill HendersonBill HendersonRed Cap
Tom ErhartCab DriverGordon HurstGordon HurstMooseJ.A. PrestonJ.A. PrestonWaiterNick StewartNick StewartShoeshiner

Storyline

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.

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Info

Status
Released
Released
3 December 1976
Runtime
1h 54m
Rating
PG
TMDB score
6.7 / 10 (380 votes)

Production

Director
Arthur Hiller
Writers
Colin Higgins
Studios
Frank Yablans Presentations, Miller-Milkis Productions, 20th Century Fox
Countries
United States of America

Box Office

Budget
$6.5M
Revenue
$51.1M
Profit
$44.6M
Return
7.9×

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English