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Silver Streak

1976 · 114 min

A breezy, suspenseful romp with sharp banter and slapstick set pieces that keeps you grinning and guessing until the final crash.

Tagline
By train, by plane, by the edge of your seat - It's the most hilarious suspense ride of your life!
Overview
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.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • deception
  • crime
  • friendship
  • love
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour7
Realism5
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime, romance, thriller, action
Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Written by
Colin Higgins
Starring
Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Clifton James, Ray Walston, Stefan Gierasch
Music
Henry Mancini
Cinematography
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Runtime
114 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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