Top billed cast

1. 

   Gene Wilder

   George Caldwell

2. 

   Jill Clayburgh

   Hildegard 'Hilly' Burns

3. 

   Richard Pryor

   Grover Muldoon

4. 

   Patrick McGoohan

   Roger Devereau

5. 

   Ned Beatty

   Bob Sweet

6. 

   Clifton James

   Sheriff Chauncey

7. 

   Ray Walston

   Mr. Edgar Whiney

8. 

   Stefan Gierasch

   Professor Schreiner & Johnson

9. 

   Len Birman

   Chief

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 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...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$6,500,000.00

Revenue
$51,100,000.00

Keywords

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