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03/26/09
Silver Streak (1976)
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Reviews Counted: 18
Fresh: 15
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A cross-country express train is the setting for this very engaging mystery-comedy. Wilder plays an editor who gets involved in a murder plot. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound.
Starring: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty
Director: Arthur Hiller
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Reviews for Silver Streak
Top CriticIt could have been a lot funnier if Wilder was a more gifted comic.
04/22/08
Unfortunately this 30+ year old comedy-murder mystery has dated, but Wilder and Pryor are great in first pairing.
03/23/08
Hitchcockian in nature, the film goes down very pleasantly with just the right mix of humor and suspense.
10/31/07
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06/24/06
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11/01/05
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08/24/05
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06/19/05
...the entire film might just be worth a look for the sequence in which Pryor teaches Wilder how to be black.
05/25/05
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05/09/05
Top CriticAll for fun and fun for all ...
01/28/05
flashes of genius
11/08/04
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10/23/04
Top CriticA nifty little Hitchcock knockoff, with great chemistry between Wilder and Pryor.
10/01/04
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02/08/04
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05/24/03
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05/07/03
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03/10/03
The beginning of the perfectly splendid comic duo of Wilder and Pryor. And man, do I ever miss them.
12/18/02
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