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A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.
1976 · Directed by Arthur Hiller · 114 min · Comedy · Crime · Romance · Thriller · Action · 8 frames
Tagline
By train, by plane, by the edge of your seat - It's the most hilarious suspense ride of your life!
Crew
- Written by: Colin Higgins
- Cinematography: David M. Walsh
- Edited by: David Bretherton
- Music: Henry Mancini
- Production design: Alfred Sweeney
- Produced by: Edward K. Milkis, Thomas L. Miller
Cast
- Gene Wilder as George Caldwell
- Jill Clayburgh as Hildegard 'Hilly' Burns
- Richard Pryor as Grover Muldoon
- Patrick McGoohan as Roger Devereau
- Ned Beatty as Bob Sweet
- Clifton James as Sheriff Chauncey
- Ray Walston as Mr. Edgar Whiney
- Stefan Gierasch as Professor Schreiner & Johnson
- Len Birman as Chief
- Valerie Curtin as Plain Jane
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Frank Yablans Presentations, Miller-Milkis Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $6,500,000
- Box office: $51,100,000
- Themes: two man army, kansas, usa, train, theft, false accusations, semiautomatic pistol, sleeping car
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