Silver Streak (film)

This article is about the 1976 film. For the 1934 film, see The Silver Streak.
Silver Streak
Film poster, artwork by George Gross
Directed byArthur Hiller
Written byColin Higgins
Produced by
  • Thomas L. Miller
  • Edward K. Milkis
Starring
CinematographyDavid M. Walsh
Edited byDavid Bretherton
Music byHenry Mancini
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 8, 1976 (1976-12-08)[1]
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ Silver Streak at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ladd was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p258".
  4. ^ "Silver Streak, Box Office Information". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 11, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  5. ^ Vincent Canby (1976-12-09). "'Silver Streak' Tarnishes on a Tiring Film Trip". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2012-02-19.