Movie
Silver Streak
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1976-12-03
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Frank Yablans Presentations, Miller-Milkis Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gene Wilder as George Caldwell
- Jill Clayburgh as Hildegard 'Hilly' Burns
- Richard Pryor as Grover Muldoon
- Patrick McGoohan as Roger Devereau
- Ned Beatty as Bob Sweet
- Clifton James as Sheriff Chauncey
- Ray Walston as Mr. Edgar Whiney
- Stefan Gierasch as Professor Schreiner & Johnson
- Len Birman as Chief
- Valerie Curtin as Plain Jane
- Lucille Benson as Rita Babtree
- Scatman Crothers as Ralston
Crew
- Arthur Hiller - Director
- Colin Higgins - Writer
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