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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Colin Higgins (writer)
Release Date:
3 December 1976 (USA)
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Tagline:
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 synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(11 articles)
Today We Remember Richard Pryor
(From The Humor Mill. 10 December 2009, 12:03 AM, PST)
Free Flick of the Day: See No Evil, Hear No Evil
(From Cinematical. 4 December 2009, 3:45 PM, PST)
(From The Humor Mill. 10 December 2009, 12:03 AM, PST)
Free Flick of the Day: See No Evil, Hear No Evil
(From Cinematical. 4 December 2009, 3:45 PM, PST)
User Comments:
A very solid effort for the comedic duo of Wilder and Pryor
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Cast
(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 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
West Germany:12 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
Singapore:PG |
Iceland:12 |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia)
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When the scene where Grover puts the shoe polish on George's face to make him appear to be black was first filmed, a white man walked in and believed George was black. Richard Pryor was uncomfortable with the scene and felt it would be funnier if a black man walked in and is not fooled at all. Pryor asked Arthur Hiller for a re-shoot but Hiller refused. Pryor walked off the set and refused to return to filming until the scene was changed. Hiller relented and Pryor's idea was used for the final cut.
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Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The porter claims the locomotives are not accessible from inside the train. FP7 diesels (and similar streamlined units) were equipped with access hatches in the front and rear. It is unlikely that a railroad employee who regularly works on passenger trains would not have known this.
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Quotes:
Grover Muldoon:
What do they want you for?
George Caldwell: Murder.
Grover Muldoon: Drop me off anywhere along here okay? I don't mess with the Big M.
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George Caldwell: Murder.
Grover Muldoon: Drop me off anywhere along here okay? I don't mess with the Big M.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Ben Stiller Show: With Dennis Miller (#1.10)" (1992)
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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.