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- 1976
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 54 m
- 1976
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 54 m
Summary On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.
Directed By: Arthur Hiller
Written By: Colin Higgins
- 1976
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 54 m
- 1976
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 54 m
Silver Streak
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8.5
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Summary On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.
Directed By: Arthur Hiller
Written By: Colin Higgins
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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86% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
41
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
86% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
While falling short of its comedy promise (except when Richard Pryor is on the screen), Silver Streak is an okay adventure comedy starring Gene Wilder on the lam from crooked art thieves aboard a trans-continental train.
It isn't a comedy - it's a sluggish adventure movie about an L.A.-to-Chicago train trip that wastes two considerable talents. [13 Dec 1976, p.106A]
Silver Streak is a throwback to the screwball comedies of the 1930s but with none of the verve or the motivation needed to get an audience to swallow the shenanigans.
Silver Streak, the train which travels from LA to Chicago and houses a murder, dawdles rather than streaks. Characters and plot ramble at will, and no matter how high Colin Higgins' script flies, Arthur Hiller's direction remains with feet and hands firmly on the ground.
The sort of comedy that leaves you exhausted, though not from laughing.
Its hard to remember that this extremely unexceptional film was a major hit back in the 70s.
So inept you can't even get angry; it's like the imitations of sophisticated entertainment that high-school kids put on.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
