Silver Streak

Silver Streak

114 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller, Romance | Dec. 3, 1976

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.

Silver Streak

114 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller, Romance | Dec. 3, 1976

Silver Streak
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers 20th Century Fox, Frank Yablans Presentations, Miller-Milkis Productions
Original title Silver Streak
Directors Arthur Hiller
Writers Colin Higgins

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

Richard Kiel

as Reace

Fred Willard

as Jerry Jarvis

Mathilda Calnan

as Blue-Haired Lady

Margarita GarcĂ­a

as Mexican Mama-San

Henry Beckman

as Conventioneer

Harvey Atkin

as Conventioneer

Lloyd White

as Porter

Ed McNamara

as Benny

Raymond Guth

as Night Watchman

John Daheim

as Engineer #2

Jack O'Leary

as Fat Man #1

Lee McLaughlin

as Fat Man #2

Bill Henderson

as Red Cap

Tom Erhart

as Cab Driver

Gordon Hurst

as Moose

J.A. Preston

as Waiter (uncredited)

Nick Stewart

as Shoeshiner

Steve Weston

as Conventioneer