Transamerica Express

Synopsis

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.

Release date

03 Dec 1976

Directed by

Arthur Hiller

Runtime

1h 53m

Original title

Silver Streak

Cast

Gene Wilder

George Caldwell

Jill Clayburgh

Hildegard 'Hilly' Burns

Richard Pryor

Grover Muldoon

Patrick McGoohan

Roger Devereau

Ned Beatty

Bob Sweet

Clifton James

Sheriff Chauncey

Ray Walston

Mr. Edgar Whiney

Stefan Gierasch

Professor Schreiner & Johnson

Len Birman

Chief

Valerie Curtin

Plain Jane

Lucille Benson

Rita Babtree

Scatman Crothers

Ralston