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Silver Streak (1976) 6.9
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. Director:Arthur HillerWriter:Colin Higgins |
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Cast
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George
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| Jill Clayburgh | ... |
Hilly
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| Richard Pryor | ... | ||
| Patrick McGoohan | ... |
Devereau
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| Ned Beatty | ... |
Sweet
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| Clifton James | ... |
Sheriff Chauncey
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| Ray Walston | ... |
Mr. 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 | ... | ||
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Delos V. Smith Jr. | ... |
Burt
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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. Written by Alfred Jingle
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 December 1976 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El expreso de Chicago See more »Box Office
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SEK 13,792,885 (Sweden)Company Credits
Production Co:
Frank Yablans Presentations, Miller-Milkis Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation See more »
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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1.85 : 1
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Chief Donaldson: You better do something, you idiot, because in ten minutes you're going to have two hundred tons of locomotive smashing through Central Station on its way to Marshall Field's.
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Actor Gene Wilder loved his part because he could get to do scenes which were fitting of Errol Flynn doing action or Cary Grant being romantic. See more »Goofs
As the train enters the station after the cars have been uncoupled, it crosses all the way to the right hand side and enters the station on the last approach track, but when it cuts to the next two shots tracks even further to the right of the train are visible. See more »Quotes
Jerry Jarvis: I can't take that responsibility. I better get my boss.Chief Donaldson: You better do something, you idiot, because in ten minutes you're going to have two hundred tons of locomotive smashing through Central Station on its way to Marshall Field's.
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Arthur Hiller's 1976 film is the epitome - and one of the best and at times, the worst - example of what Hollywood came synonymous for in the 1970s.
Ending with one of those truly great action set-pieces, when such were actually filmed and not with a computer mouse and starting out with the oh-so-smooth Gene Wilder getting his wicked way with the delectable Jill Clayburgh, an awful lot happens in-between.
Taking - and featuring huge chunks of influence from James Bond (inc 'Jaws', the iron-toothed giant), Hitchcock (crime capers on moving trains, espionage, intrigue) and loads of over-the-top big Americanism, this is a rail-road coaster of a ride. You can see bits that have helped influence later films, too and the start of the delicious pairing between Wilder and black comedian Richard Pryor, which spilled out over into the future Stir Crazy and Blazing Saddles.
Yes, a lot of it is nonsense - this is essentially Sunday afternoon TV fun, now. There's clever innuendo, dumb stunts, big scenery and baddies. It does pop up on Film 4 and Sky Movies every once in a while, showing that it is still has a place and though obviously looking pretty dated now, you can't go far wrong with this one.