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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.
Theatrical
Dec 3, 1976
Box Office
$51.1M
Budget
$6.5M
Return
7.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 14, 2004
Director
Arthur Hiller
Producers
Martin Ransohoff, Frank Yablans, Thomas L. Miller
Music
Henry Mancini
Studio
Frank Yablans Presentations, Miller-Milkis Productions, 20th Century Fox
Quotes
See all →Most Hilarious Suspense Ride Ever
Taglines
It's the Most Hilarious Suspense Ride of Your Life!
Unstoppable Force of the Silver Streak
Taglines
Nothing can stop the Silver Streak
Hilarious suspense ride awaits you
Taglines
By plane, by train, by the edge of your seat, it's the most hilarious suspense ride of your life!
Embracing Calm in Chaotic Situations
Grover
Take it easy, killer. Stay loose.
[driving away in a stolen car]
Hilly
What's he doing?
George
He's crazy.
Hilly
Crazy? He's got the right idea. Let's get out of here and go to a park.
George
A park?
Hilly
Yeah, I wanna lie back on the grass and have you teach me some more about gardening.
Cast
Full credits →G
Gene Wilder
George Caldwell
J
Jill Clayburgh
Hildegard 'Hilly' Burns
R
Richard Pryor
Grover Muldoon
P
Patrick McGoohan
Roger Devereau
N
Ned Beatty
Bob Sweet
C
Clifton James
Sheriff Chauncey
R
Ray Walston
Mr. Edgar Whiney
S
Stefan Gierasch
Professor Schreiner & Johnson
L
Len Birman
Chief
V
Valerie Curtin
Plain Jane
L
Lucille Benson
Rita Babtree
S
Scatman Crothers
Ralston
R
Richard Kiel
Reace
F
Fred Willard
Jerry Jarvis
D
Delos V. Smith Jr.
Burt
M
Mathilda Calnan
Blue-Haired Lady
M
Margarita García
Mexican Mama-San
H
Henry Beckman
Conventioneer
H
Harvey Atkin
Conventioneer
L
Lloyd White
Porter
