

Silver Streak
1976-12-03 · 114 min · ★ 6.7
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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Arthur Hiller
- Production companies
- Frank Yablans Presentations, Miller-Milkis Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 6,500,000
- Revenue
- USD 51,100,000
Top 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
Henry BeckmanConventioneer
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