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Overview
Release Date:
3 December 1976 (USA) moreTagline:
It's the Most Hilarious Suspense Ride of Your Life!Plot:
On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Richard Pryor: 1940-2005 (From IMDb News. 10 December 2005)
Comedian Richard Pryor Dies at 65 (From WENN. 9 December 2005)
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A very solid effort for the comedic duo of Wilder and Pryor moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gene Wilder | ... | George Caldwell | |
| Jill Clayburgh | ... | Hilly Burns | |
| Richard Pryor | ... | Grover Muldoon | |
| Patrick McGoohan | ... | Roger Devereau | |
| Ned Beatty | ... | Bob Sweet | |
| Clifton James | ... | Sheriff Oliver Chauncey | |
| Ray Walston | ... | Mr. Edgar Whiney | |
| Stefan Gierasch | ... | Prof. Schreiner & Johnson | |
| Len Birman | ... | Chief Donaldson | |
| Valerie Curtin | ... | Plain Jane | |
| Lucille Benson | ... | Rita Babtree | |
| Scatman Crothers | ... | Ralston | |
| Richard Kiel | ... | Reace | |
| Fred Willard | ... | Jerry Jarvis | |
| Delos V. Smith Jr. | ... | Burt (as Delos V. Smith) |
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114 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | West Germany:12 | Australia:M | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Iceland:12 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia)MOVIEmeter: 
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The climatic train crash at the end of the film was shot in an airplane hanger. moreGoofs:
Continuity: As the train enters the station after the cars have been uncoupled, it crosses all the way to the right hand side and enters the station on the last approach track, but when it cuts to the next two shots tracks even further to the right of the train are visible. moreQuotes:
George Caldwell: What do you think?Grover Muldoon: I think you better make a right up here and then a sharp left. I'm coming over.
[climbs over the seat. George suddenly swerves the car, causing Grover to lunge forward]
Grover Muldoon: Jesus Christ, man, is that how you murdered your victims? Put them in a car and bounced them to death?
George Caldwell: Sorry.
Grover Muldoon: Sorry, my ass. You dangerous... Proves one thing though, you don't do this for no living.
George Caldwell: No I don't.
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This is THE film to see, if you're a fan of either Gene Wilder or Richard Pryor. Although Pryor's stay in the film is rather short, it is perhaps his greatest comedic work outside of his monumental stand up routines. A combination, the Lady Vanishes, and slap stick, this film succeeds because it blends these elements together in a way that makes the flow easy and entertaining. These are situations and reactions to them, that we the audience can envision ourselves partaking in. They don't get crazy mad cap like in an Abbot and Costello film, and yet they don't take themselves too seriously either. A great end to the film, with a truly amazing crash through Chicago Union Station by a runaway Locomotive.