Sadly, youre reminded of the age of the film because of so many of the cast members. The silver streak 1934 cast and crew a train engineer charles starrett speeds crosscountry with an iron lung for his boss son hardie albright, with a killer on board. Have you noticed that each time you take ordinary people, say, like you and me, then take them in a situation way above their heads, it makes a great thriller. In addition to okotoks, the movie silver streak was filmed in calgary, high river, carmanygay, lethbridge, near cowley, in the crowsnest pass, somewhere near drumheller, and in the southeastern part of bc near the alberta border. Silver streak enjoyed one of the more unusual origin stories. Silver streak is the sort of comedy that leaves you exhausted, though not from laughing. The trainset was the second internal combustion powered streamliner built for mainline service in the united states, the first such train powered by a diesel engine, and the first to enter revenue service. Full length uncut train movie from 1973 starring ben johnson duration. Silver streak is a 1976 film about a man on a longdistance train trip, who finds romance but also finds himself embroiled in the activities of a criminal mastermind after he accidentally witnesses a. Gene wilder is wellknown, but possibly not in the role of the cheesy romantic who croons be nasty to the nasturtiums in pretty jill clayburghs delicate ear, while the plot thickens with the body of a murdered art history professor falling off the roof of. The silver streak is a 1934 film loosely based on the recordsetting dawnto dusk run of the. We finds so much to do there there are trails to hike, mountains and ridges to summit and lots of historical sites to explore.
This is a five star vehicle looks like here again the bluray is just same print as dvd, no difference bar higher res in this cases the bluray actually looks worse due to higher res the film grain is more obvious and rather distracting. Two men, frank polito and kenny neptune, each of whom had previously worked for mcdonald douglas corp, founded the silver streak trailer co. Heres yet another then and now from the 1976 movie silver streak, a fun little tale of mystery and intrigue on board a transcontinental passenger train. Richard pryor on carson silver streak 1976 duration. Silver streak 1976 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Its a comedysuspense film with a romantic subplot, hints of blaxpoitation, and a. This is a hilarious 70s romp across america with some great actors from that era. It was directed by arthur hiller and stars gene wilder, jill clayburgh, and richard pryor, with patrick mcgoohan, ned beatty, clifton james, and richard kiel in supporting roles. Ryc remanufactured complete ac compressor kit ae61 eg149 with condenser. Silver streak 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Silver streak movie then and now small town station. Recently completed model of the silver streak a passenger train from a 1976 film of the same name which starred gene wilder. As wilder admitted it was correct, grant then added, i knew it.
See more ideas about vintage trailers, vintage travel trailers and recreational vehicles. However, with the discovery of some behind the scenes shots taken by excpr employee larry buchan while they filmed. The train crashes through a cement wall destroying a gift shop, and much of the station. A longer scene of rita and george taking off in the airplane. Silver streak movie then and now bridge jump off the. Silver streak, director arthur hillers homage to hitchcock, teamed up comic funnymen gene wilder and richard pryor in a comedy filled with intrigue, action, suspense, and a memorable train crash at the end. The most memorable thing is wilders classic line when falling off the train. These then pictures from the 1976 movie silver streak arent that terribly interesting and normally wed ignore them as being not worth a report. If your guaranteed delivery item isnt on time, you can 1 return the item, for a refund of the full price and return shipping costs. The driver was killed by the giant insect the reason the swami kidnapped the driver, to find out why this kept happening, but the swami brought the taxi driver back to life, and this imbued him with great powers including that of lightning speed. It is a complete, total fabulous, funny, suspenseful, dazzling, wonderful. He is believed to be the secondever comic book superhero whose primary power is speed.
Union station 65 front st w, toronto, ontario, canada train platform when george first boards, and station interior when george is disguised. In this scene two of the main characters leap from the moving train, landing in the waters below. This film marked the first pairing of wilder and pryor, who were. A boxoffice smash, silver streak paved the way for the equally successful 1980. Spool, 380642 see more like this s d q b p 8 8 o r j n 4 q a 8 s o r e d stens silver streak buzz trimmer line replaces. The silver streak is now a runaway train and all folks at the terminal are ordered to evacuate the area. Silver streak is the first of four movies gene wilder and the late richard pryor starred in together. Plus, as it turns out, a silver streak movie then and now series to shoot. Watch the silver streak full movie in hd visit a highspeed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from chi.
Devereau is shot by the police twice in the helicopter, then decapitated by an oncoming train. Those who read this blog know we spend a lot of time in the crowsnest pass region of alberta. Silver streak tarnishes on a tiring film trip the new york times. When silver streak was first shown on tv, it had scenes that were not in the home video version, such as. The delivery date is not guaranteed until you have checked out using an instant payment method. Transformers universe silverstreak complete deluxe ebay. The silver streak itself is presumably based on amtraks southwest chief train though the train scenes were actually filmed using the thinly disguised canadian pacific railway canadian. Silver streak the cinetrains project trains in the.
When meeting gene wilder after having seen silver streak 1976, cary grant asked him if the script had been in any way inspired by north by northwest 1959. Silver streak is the sort of comedy that leaves you exhausted, though. This is the official facebook page of the 1976 film silver streak, starring. Silver streak 1976 full movie download full hd youtube. Like the 4070, was too was built to haul canadian pacifics premier train. The silver streak 1934 full movie download full hd youtube.
Silver streak tarnishes on a tiring film trip the new. Beyond the fact that both films shared a railroad background, rko radios 1935 actioner the silver streak bore no relation to the 1976 gene wilder vehicle of. Silver streak movie behind the scenes off the beaten. Silver streak film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. George caldwell wilder has a romantic encounter with hilly burns jill clayburgh. Silver streak movie then and now walking the tracks. He was a taxi driver, hypnotized by a racecar loving swami. The second locomotive used in the film silver streak, was not so lucky. She inquires as to if he was riding hobo on the train.