Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh
Despite the presence of hack director Arthur Hiller, this hybrid comedy-thriller works most of the time as pleasant faux Hitchcock. Gene Wilder is a book editor who is relaxing by taking a cross-count...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 14, 2004
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Flixster Reviews (352)
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September 9, 2009Classic Arthur Hiller and the beginning of a beautiful relationship between Wilder and Pryor. Very funny and lots of fun but in all honesty, how many times can a person fall off a train!?
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August 20, 2007Enjoyable train ride. Fun with Gene and Richard. It's a decent balance of comedy, action and romance. Harmless.
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July 5, 2007One of the most hilarouis movies I've ever seen, and I don't usually like comedy!
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May 19, 2007Reasonably amusing trainbound mystery played for laughs, worth seeing for the fact that it's one of very few films made by comic genius Richard Pryor that doesn't completely suck.
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October 18, 2009Any time the 2 of them get together your going to have a great movie!
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September 17, 2009Classic 70s. The first two acts have some great moments, but the fun doesn't really start until Richard Pryor enters the picture at the one-hour mark. The final scene featuring Toronto's own beautiful Union Station is pure awesome. I still wonder every time how they managed to pu...( read more)
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September 13, 2009Saw it years ago but I remember that Wilder and Pryor's comedic partnership was really funny.
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August 23, 2009Train movies are always enjoyable and this one is no exception. It does however follows a standard format, ie; man hops on train, meets girl, meets fat man, gets into trouble over girl, gets put off train, gets back on train, rescues girl, kills the bad guy then the train crashes...( read more)
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August 15, 2009Far fetched plot but still fun. Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor have great chemistry together. A tad overlong, but for the most part it held my interest. The scene where Richard Pryor tries to teach Gene Wilder how to be black is great. Mindless enjoyment.
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