Comedy / Crime / Romance / Thriller / Action /

Score: 67%( 339 votes )

Overview: 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.

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

Richard Kiel
Reace

Fred Willard
Jerry Jarvis

Delos V. Smith Jr.
Burt

Mathilda Calnan
Blue-Haired Lady

Margarita García
Mexican Mama-San

Henry Beckman
Conventioneer

Harvey Atkin
Conventioneer

Lloyd White
Porter

Ed McNamara
Benny

Raymond Guth
Night Watchman

John Daheim
Engineer #2

Jack O'Leary
Fat Man #1

Lee McLaughlin
Fat Man #2

Bill Henderson
Red Cap

Tom Erhart
Cab Driver

Gordon Hurst
Moose

J.A. Preston
Waiter (uncredited)

Nick Stewart
Shoeshiner

Steve Weston
Conventioneer