Silver Streak

Dec 3, 1976

1h 54m

★ 6.7

By train, by plane, by the edge of your seat - It's the most hilarious suspense ride of your life!

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Romance

Thriller

Action

Production Companies

Frank Yablans Presentations

Miller-Milkis Productions

20th Century Fox

Silver Streak Trailers

Cast

George Caldwell

Gene Wilder

Hildegard 'Hilly' Burns

Jill Clayburgh

Grover Muldoon

Richard Pryor

Roger Devereau

Patrick McGoohan

Bob Sweet

Ned Beatty

Sheriff Chauncey

Clifton James

Mr. Edgar Whiney

Ray Walston

Professor Schreiner & Johnson

Stefan Gierasch

Chief

Len Birman

Plain Jane

Valerie Curtin

Rita Babtree

Lucille Benson

Ralston

Scatman Crothers

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