Silver Streak (1976) (Comedy/adventure) © 1999 by Raymond Weschler Major Characters George Caldwell.........................Gene Wilder A publisher who decides to take the "Silver Streak," a train from Los Angeles to Chicago, in order to attend his sister's wedding. He is not taking the train because he is afraid of flying, but because he wants to have a nice relaxing weekend. In fact, he just "wants to be bored." Hilly Burns.............................Jill Clayburgh A charming secretary who is taking the Silver Streak with her boss, Professor Schreiner, in order to attend an art conference in Chicago. Professor Schreiner.....................Stefan Gierasch A Professor of art who is going to lecture in Chicago on the authenticity of certain paintings by Rembrandt. Mr. Devereau..............................Patrick McGoohan A completely unscrupulous (evil) art collector who will do anything, including commit mass murder, to enhance his reputation and wealth. Mr. Whiney..................................Ray Walston An assistant to Mr. Devereau. Reace...............................................Richard Kiel Another assistant to Mr. Devereau, who has very bad teeth. Sweet...............................................Ned Beatty A federal police agent traveling on the train, pretending to be a vitamin salesman in order to follow Devereau. Rita Babtree....................................Lucielle Benson An old woman who lives in the middle of nowhere in New Mexico, who agrees to help George get back on the train. Grover Muldoon........................Richard Pryor A charming and fun professional thief who also agrees to help George get back on the train and save Hilly from Mr. Devereau. Plot Summary George is a nice guy from Los Angeles taking the train in order to go to his sister's wedding in Chicago. He just wants to relax. Unfortunately, he chooses the wrong train. He quickly becomes romantically involved with Hilly, a sweet secretary to Professor Schriener, an old German art historian who is about to expose something quite dramatic at an upcoming art conference. The professor is going to show that certain Rembrandt paintings which are owned by Mr. Devereau, a noted art collector, are actually fakes! Mr. Devereau, a truly evil person, is determined to not allow the professor to embarrass him by exposing this information. Unfortunately for George, he quickly becomes involved in Devereau's plans to stop the professor, after he sees what he thinks is the professor's murdered body. For George, things are not always what they seem, but in his attempt to find out the truth, he soon finds that it's a challenge just to stay on the train. With the help of lots of interesting people that he meets on the way, George is able to save Hilly from great harm,and eventually责任编辑:yechenglu
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