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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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Reviews for Silver Streak

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05/24/03
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flashes of genius

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11/08/04
Rich Cline
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Shadows on the Wall
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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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
Fred Topel
About.com

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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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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Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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11/01/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
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06/19/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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08/24/05
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

All for fun and fun for all ...

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

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

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10/31/07
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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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Needcoffee.com
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05/09/05
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Elias Savada
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08/22/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

It could have been a lot funnier if Wilder was a more gifted comic.

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04/22/08
Dennis Schwartz
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