Silver Streak
Silver Streak is a 1976 American buddy comedy thriller film about a murder on a Los Angeles-to-Chicago train journey. It was directed by Arthur Hiller and stars Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, and Richard Pryor, with Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Clifton James, Ray Walston, Scatman Crothers, and Richard Kiel in supporting roles. The film score is by Henry Mancini. This film marked the first pairing of Wilder and Pryor, who were later paired in three more films.
Plot
Book editor George Caldwell, en route to a wedding aboard the Silver Streak, meets salesman Bob Sweet and Hilly Burns, secretary to Rembrandt historian Professor Schreiner. While sharing nightcaps in Hilly's sleeper car, George sees Schreiner's body fall from the train outside her window. Investigating Schreiner's train compartment, George encounters Johnson, Whiney, and Reace, toughs who have ransacked Schreiner's belongings. Reace throws George off the train. After walking along the tracks, George meets a farmer and they overtake the train in her biplane.
More details
| author | Colin Higgins |
|---|---|
| director | Arthur Hiller |
| editor | David Bretherton |
| genre | action comedy mystery thriller |
| keywords | arrest art dealer belong book editor capture car thief central station decapitate disabled fbi fbi agent federal agent federal bureau of investigation fiat x1/9 former partner freight train kansas city kill misunderstand patrol car rescue run steal think walk wed wound |
| musicBy | Henry Mancini |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Sound |
| productionCompany | Miller-Boyett Productions |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Toronto |
| theme | action comedy buddy comedy comedy thriller |