Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
DVD5 (cust.) | VIDEO_TS | PAL, 16:9 (720x576) VBR | 01:48:54 | 4.38 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English HoH, French, German, Spanish, Italian,
Dutch, Dannish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian
Genre: Comedy-Thriller, Action
DVD5 (cust.) | VIDEO_TS | PAL, 16:9 (720x576) VBR | 01:48:54 | 4.38 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English HoH, French, German, Spanish, Italian,
Dutch, Dannish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian
Genre: Comedy-Thriller, Action
While taking a train trip from L.A. to Chicago, mild-mannered George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) makes the acquaintance of Hilly Burns (Jill Clayburgh). As they indulge in a brief bit of spooning, Hilly tells George that her boss is on the verge of exposing a group of vicious art forgers. Later that evening, George sees the body of Hilly's boss being thrown off of the train. Detective Sweet (Ned Beatty) agrees to investigate, but he too is bumped off. The instigator of these outrages is master forger Roger Devereau (Patrick McGoohan), who, with his crony Mr. Whiney (Ray Walston) is planning a particularly diabolical crime. Worse still, they take Hilly prisoner so she can't tip off the cops. When George is also targeted for elimination, he manages in slapstick fashion to elude the killers. Falling off the train, he ends up being arrested on some trumped-up charge or other by a local sheriff. He makes his escape in the company of petty thief Grover Muldoon (Richard Pryor) – and that's only the beginning. A box-office smash, Silver Streak paved the way for the equally successful 1980 Wilder-Pryor vehicle Stir Crazy.Synopsis by Hal Erickson, Allmovie.com
By the time Silver Streak was made in 1976, train-bound thrillers had all but disappeared from the movie scene (period films like Murder on the Orient Express to one side), so when this clever film came along it offered the illusion of being a bit of a novelty. Notable for teaming Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, it’s actually a solid comedy-thriller from a well-crafted Colin Higgins (Harold and Maude) screenplay that afforded everyone involved something a little special. The plot revolves around a slightly meek fellow (Wilder) who finds romance (with Jill Clayburgh) and murder (courtesy of über bad guy Patrick McGoohan) on the train from L.A. to Chicago. Hitchcockian in nature, the film goes down very pleasantly with just the right mix of humor and suspense—and a Big Ending that plays quite nicely on the mid-1970s penchant for disaster movies.Review by Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress
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Director: Arthur Hiller
Writer: Colin Higgins
Cast: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan, Ray Walston and other
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
Silver Streak (1976)
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Note! French, German, Italian and Spanish audio tracks removed, video & extra untouched.
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