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Silver Streak (1976)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:15

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A cross-country express train is the setting for this very engaging mystery-comedy. Wilder plays an editor who gets involved in a murder plot. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound.

Starring: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty

Starring: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty, Patrick McGoohan, Scatman Crothers, Ray Walston, Clifton James, Richard Kiel, Lucille Benson, Len Birman

Director: Arthur Hiller

Director: Arthur Hiller
Producer: Thomas L. Miller, Edward K. Milkis
Composer: Henry Mancini

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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flashes of genius

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11/08/04
Rich Cline
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03/26/09
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It could have been a lot funnier if Wilder was a more gifted comic.

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04/22/08
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Unfortunately this 30+ year old comedy-murder mystery has dated, but Wilder and Pryor are great in first pairing.

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03/23/08
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

Hitchcockian in nature, the film goes down very pleasantly with just the right mix of humor and suspense.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
10/31/07
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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11/01/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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08/24/05
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

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06/19/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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...the entire film might just be worth a look for the sequence in which Pryor teaches Wilder how to be black.

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05/25/05
David Nusair
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05/09/05
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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All for fun and fun for all ...

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01/28/05
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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A nifty little Hitchcock knockoff, with great chemistry between Wilder and Pryor.

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10/01/04
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

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02/08/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Amusing comedy, but Pryor is not in it enough. Once they're together, it's gold.

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07/18/03
Fred Topel
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05/07/03
Elias Savada
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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

The beginning of the perfectly splendid comic duo of Wilder and Pryor. And man, do I ever miss them.

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12/18/02
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