Silver Streak

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American film action-comedy film film

Silver Streak is a 1976 action-comedy film about a murder mystery unfolding aboard a cross-country train, co-starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
action-comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedInPartOn Hitchcock-style thriller conventions ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Gene Wilder ⓘ
surface form: George Caldwell – Gene Wilder

Grover T. Muldoon – Richard Pryor ⓘ
Hilly Burns – Jill Clayburgh ⓘ
Roger Devereau – Patrick McGoohan ⓘ
cinematographer David M. Walsh ⓘ
composer Henry Mancini ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Arthur Hiller ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editor Robert C. Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Stir Crazy ⓘ
genre action film ⓘ
comedy film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
hasTheme crime investigation ⓘ
mistaken identity ⓘ
romantic comedy elements ⓘ
mainCharacter George Caldwell ⓘ
Grover T. Muldoon ⓘ
Hilly Burns ⓘ
Roger Devereau ⓘ
mpaaRating PG ⓘ
notableFor first major film pairing of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotKeyword art forgery ⓘ
cross-country trip ⓘ
murder mystery ⓘ
train ⓘ
producer Edward S. Feldman ⓘ
Thomas L. Miller ⓘ
productionCompany Hiller-Miller Productions ⓘ
releaseDate December 3, 1976 ⓘ
releaseYear 1976 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 114 ⓘ
screenwriter Colin Higgins ⓘ
setOn train ⓘ
setting cross-country train journey ⓘ
starredActor Clifton James ⓘ
Gene Wilder ⓘ
Jill Clayburgh ⓘ
Ned Beatty ⓘ
Patrick McGoohan ⓘ
Richard Kiel ⓘ
Richard Pryor ⓘ
Scatman Crothers ⓘ

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Lucille Benson → notableWork → Silver Streak ⓘ
Richard Pryor → notableWork → Silver Streak ⓘ
Pryor → notableWork → Silver Streak ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Pryor