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www.qwipster.net - : Silver Streak is the first of two Colin Higgins scripts to emulate the lighter side of Hitchcock (Foul Play is the other), and even though no one would ever confuse the quality of this film with that of Hitch's The Lady Vanishes and North by Northwest, for a modest little comedy that just seeks to entertain, it's a pleasant enough for a diluted imitation. more...
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3/5
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www.stomptokyo.com - : Silver Streak is the movie where a train crashes through the wall of a station with spectacular results. And if you're close to our age (and the statistics indicate you probably are) this is an indelible image from your childhood. Of course we weren't allowed to see it till years and years later, due to the colorful metaphors some of the character use. The same thing happened to us with Alien. Of course by today's standard neither movie is nothing special in the crudity or violence department, but hey, things change. more...
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3/5
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www.thespinningimage.co.uk - : Silver Streak was made when the Alfred Hitchcock homages of the nineteen sixties and seventies were in full swing, and was favourably thought of by audiences, if less so by critics due to its derivative nature. Scripted by Colin Higgins, it pits old fashioned thrills of the innocent man caught up in deadly plotting kind against the new strain of comedy (well, new for the seventies, anyway) that made it seem up to the minute. more...
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6/10
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