FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

rammar-87515 Casual train ride to Chic-hole (Chicago) with abitta elegance soon to be mixed in w/adventure on a by-wing "sheep buzzin" plane w/Luvely Rita Milking Maid LOLs - Cast list NEEDS full names - like Caldwell w/George - Burns w/Hilly + Bob w/sweet ++ very nice nature scenery all the way thru

Ross622 Arthur Hiller's "Silver Streak" is rightfully one of the most popular movies that he has ever directed thanks to his expertise with the making of this movie mixing the genres of romance, comedy, and crime very effectively. The movie's main character is named George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) who is going on a train ride from Los Angeles to Chicago to attend his sister's wedding, who also happens to publish books for a living. While on the train he meets a supposed vitamin salesman named "Bob Sweet" (Ned Beatty) who is really a Federal undercover agent named Stevens, as well as a young woman named Hilly Burns (Jill Clayburgh) who is going to Chicago for a new job, end up falling in love with one another. While Caldwell and Burns are in her room Caldwell sees a dead body hanging off of the train and then falls off and he believes that it is the Professor who Hilly is going to work for that was killed, but the one problem with his story is that no one believes him. The next morning he tells Sweet about the murder and conduct a brief investigation of their own after getting thrown off the train by a minion named Reese (Richard Kiel) and then one of his superiors named Mr. Whitney (Ray Walston) who then orders Reese to kill Caldwell fearing that he may have incriminating evidence against them and their whole operation, but then Reese carries out the order and doesn't hit the intended target, instead by killing Stevens. After the murder the two men find out that Caldwell isn't dead and Reese tries to go after and kill him once and for all but then gets shot with a spear-gun to the chest on the top of the train and Caldwell falls off again. After that happens he goes to a local Sheriff's department to report the casualties and an all points bulletin is set for him all across the country. Caldwell then steals the Sheriff's car and then meets a thief named Grover (Richard Pryor) who tries to help him get back on the train and succeeds. Then we formally meet a man named Roger Deverau (Patrick McGoohan) who is the architect of this whole murder plot who then admits to the whole thing and tries to evade police by using the train to get away from them, and the rest I will not spoil. The writing and comedic timing for this movie is very well thought out, Hiller's direction has the proper balance of three different genres, the chemistry between Wilder and Clayburgh is very good and convincing, as well as the relationship that both the Wilder and Pryor characters is the most hilarious aspect of the movie, and the chase scenes involving the train are very well staged which is no wonder why this movie got an Oscar nomination for its sound effects. The one I wished that would have happened is that Colin Higgins who wrote the screenplay for the movie would have allowed me to get to know the characters a little more although I related to them a lot in their respective situations. It isn't a great movie but it is a very funny movie that is totally worth remembering.

AudioFileZ Gene Wilder cemented his place in most fans hearts with the triumvirate of Willy Wonka ('71), Blazing Saddles ('74), and Young Frankenstein ('74). Wilder remained a bankable talent right up into the early 2000's because, yes, he was a decent actor and was very accessible and easy to like. One thing I've never noticed but finally got was that Wilder may have had the best timing of any actor of his age. To say there was a slide in quality in material isn't really unkind, just true. However in that mediocrity there was some really watchable stuff. There was some definite chemistry with Richard Pryor which on paper probably didn't translate nearly as well as on screen. It was a goldmine combination and remained a favorite of both actors fans They milked it a bit and, generally, it was great at times allowing such. Silver Streak is the first movie I, personally, ever noticed the Wilder/Pryor combination. It certainly elevated an otherwise rambling movie. In Silver Streak it was the characters,not so much the story, as the story was a bit weak. Weak, but it gave Wilder's George the opportunity to meet some memorable characters, which besides Pryor"s Grover T, include a dust bowl woman (the great Lucille Benson from my home state) who flew an open cockpit airplane and continuously called George "Steve". The reoccurring roles of "Plain Jane", "the Mexican Mamacita", and even a great muscle/henchman Reace played by Richard Kiel. Kiel would play essentially the same role in two James Bond films that he created in Silver Streak.I was a fan of Patrick McGoohan from surreal odd British "The Prisoner" TV series. McGoohan here is the very sinister Devreau whose mission on the train is to kill a professor thus preventing Devereau's fraud in the art world from being exposed. Murder on a train is good even if the story may ramble. In other words there was a lot of potential that seemed to be only touched on because, after all, it was a comedy not a drama.So, I give this movie a six because I liked enough that 40 years later after initially seeing it on December 27th, 1976 I decided, in memory of Wilder, to watch it again. This was one of the last movies that I saw the name Henry Mancini as providing the soundtrack. It was interesting choice, an almost out of time and place soundtrack, that worked as it was one of the things I remembered about the movie

SnoopyStyle George (Gene Wilder) takes a train ride to Chicago, and hits it off with beautiful Hilly (Jill Clayburgh). She's the secretary to a professor who has proof of Devereau's malfeasance. George first sees the professor getting killed, then he runs into Devereau's hatchet men.It's an interesting mystery and mildly amusing. The jokes are weak depending mostly on the flustered Gene Wilder. He does get thrown off the train a few times. Then it completely changes when Richard Pryor joins the party 1 hour in.It was the first time the duo is on the big screen together. Gene Wilder does the memorable iconic blackface. And it changes the tone of the movie. It's an odd transition, and it doesn't really fit. After all, it was murders and gunfights in a mystery thriller in the first half. If for nothing else, this marks the start of a great film bromance. It changed the course of movie history.