17/01/2011

Film 16/365, Day 16/365 – Silver Streak

George is going on a long distance train trip; he’s hoping to have some quiet time to himself to get some work done. He obviously didn’t count on meeting Hilly and then becoming embroiled in a murder investigation. Now he’s been thrown from the train, the law is after him and Hilly is in danger. Can George get back on the train in time to save Hilly?

Unlike the train, Silver Streak takes a little while before it really starts moving and it’s only really when Richard Pryor joins the fun that is really reaches full speed. Being mistakenly identified as a murderer seems to work well for Gene Wilder, see See No Evil, Hear No Evil for further proof, and he is his usual brilliant self. Definitely worth watching.

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