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![]() Film poster, artwork by George Gross | |
Directed by | Arthur Hiller |
Written by | Colin Higgins |
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Cinematography | David M. Walsh |
Edited by | David Bretherton |
Music by | Henry Mancini |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5.5 million[2] or $6.5 million[3] |
Box office | $51.1 million[4] |
Silver Streak is a 1976 American thriller comedy film, about a murder on a Los Angeles-to-Chicago train journey. It was directed by Arthur Hiller, written by Colin Higgins, and stars Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, and Richard Pryor, with Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Clifton James, Ray Walston, Scatman Crothers, and Richard Kiel in supporting roles. The film score is by Henry Mancini. This film marked the first pairing of Wilder and Pryor, who were later paired in three other films.[5]
The film is primarily set on a train called Silver Streak. A passenger accidentally finds out about the murder of an art historian, and about efforts to discredit the victim's book. A shady art dealer is profiting from forged works of Rembrandt, and is willing to kill in order to maintain secrecy about his crimes.
The film was released on December 8, 1976 by 20th Century Fox, and received positive reviews from critics, as well as earning $51.1 million against a budget of $5.5 million or $6.5 million.
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