Synopsis
Silver Streak (1976) is Arthur Hiller's comedy-thriller, ready to watch online on iFILM. Book editor George Caldwell boards a transcontinental express from Los Angeles to Chicago expecting a quiet, dull ride.
The quiet lasts about a chapter. George flirts with the charming Hilly (Jill Clayburgh), then watches a dead body fly past his window — and nobody believes a word of it. The harder he digs, the more often the killer tries to toss him off the train too. Gene Wilder plays the panicking bookworm bounced from romance to shootouts, Patrick McGoohan is the ice-cold villain, and somewhere down the line a fast-talking thief named Grover latches onto him.
That thief is Richard Pryor, and the scene where he coaches Wilder on acting tough is a comedy landmark. Silver Streak paired Wilder and Pryor for the first time; they would reunite three more times after it. Perfect when you want a whodunit that runs on laughs instead of blood. Stream Silver Streak (1976) online on iFILM.
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