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Silver Streak
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Silver Streak is a 1976 American mystery action comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Colin Higgins. The movie stars Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, and Patrick McGoohan. It was produced by Frank Yablans Presentations and Miller-Milkis Productions, with distribution handled by 20th Century Studios, Netflix, and Disney+. The film was shot in Toronto and set primarily on a train.
Henry Mancini composed the score, while David M. Walsh served as director of photography and David Bretherton as editor. The production had a budget of 6,500,000 and grossed 51,100,000 in revenue. It has a runtime of 114 minutes and was released in December 1976 and September 1977. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound.
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6.7A 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.
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
Themes
- two man army
- kansas, usa
- train
- theft
- false accusations
- semiautomatic pistol
- sleeping car
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Arthur Hiller
- Screenwriter
- Colin Higgins
- Composer
- Henry Mancini
- Cinematographer
- David M. Walsh
- Filming location
- Toronto
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 878361
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1977-09-28
- film editor
- David Bretherton
- title
- Silver Streak
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- distributed by
- Disney+
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- train
- review score
- 76%
- capital cost
- 6500000
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