Silver Streak
By train, by plane, by the edge of your seat - It's the most hilarious suspense ride of your life!
Rating: 6.7 out of 10TMDB(382 votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Sound (1977)
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Box office
Grossed $51.1M worldwide, about 7.9 times its $6.5M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Toronto
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Music
Music by Henry Mancini
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Cinematography
Cinematography by David M. Walsh
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Colin HigginsWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 3, 1976
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $6.5M
- Revenue
- $51.1M
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Gene WilderGeorge Caldwell
Jill ClayburghHildegard 'Hilly' Burns
Richard PryorGrover Muldoon
Patrick McGoohanRoger Devereau
Ned BeattyBob Sweet
Clifton JamesSheriff Chauncey
Ray WalstonMr. Edgar Whiney
Stefan GieraschProfessor Schreiner & Johnson
Len BirmanChief
Valerie CurtinPlain Jane
Lucille BensonRita Babtree
Scatman CrothersRalston
Richard KielReace
Fred WillardJerry Jarvis
Delos V. Smith Jr.Burt
Mathilda CalnanBlue-Haired Lady- Margarita GarcíaMexican Mama-San
Henry BeckmanConventioneer
Harvey AtkinConventioneer- Lloyd WhitePorter
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