---
title: 'Silver Streak (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arthur Hiller'
released: '1976-12-08'
runtime_minutes: 114
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/silver-streak-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075223/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Silver Streak (1976)

1976 · PG · 114 min · Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arthur Hiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hiller)
- **Screenplay:** [Colin Higgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-higgins)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henry Mancini](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-mancini)
- **Director of Photography:** [David M. Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-m-walsh)
- **Editor:** [David Bretherton](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-bretherton)

## Cast

- [Gene Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-wilder)
- [Richard Kiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-kiel)
- [Richard Pryor](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-pryor)
- [Scatman Crothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/scatman-crothers)
- [Ray Walston](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-walston)
- [Ned Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/ned-beatty)
- [Patrick McGoohan](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-mcgoohan)
- [Fred Willard](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-willard)
- [Jill Clayburgh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-clayburgh)
- [Clifton James](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifton-james)
- [Stefan Gierasch](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-gierasch)
- [Delos V. Smith Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/delos-v-smith-jr)

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