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The Silver Streak is a 1934 film loosely based on the record-setting "dawn-to-dusk" run of the Pioneer Zephyr on May 26, 1934. The original Zephyr trainset was used for the exterior shots in the film, while interior scenes were filmed on a sound stage in Hollywood. For the film, the "Burlington Route" nameplate on the train's nose was replaced with one that read "Silver Streak". One of the movie's promotional items was a small book called "The Story of the Silver Streak" which was illustrated with black and white stills from the movie. In 2006 Con-Cor International, Ltd. produced a model of the Pioneer Zephyr. A limited number (350 HO scale and 250 N scale) of these bore the nameplates of the Silver Streak from the motion picture instead of the standard Burlington Route nameplates.
Original Release
12/21/1934
US Release
12/21/1934
Cast
Name | Character |
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Burlington Zephyr | The Silver Streak |
Sally Blane | Ruth Dexter |
Charles Starrett | Tom Caldwell |
William Farnum | Barney J. Dexter / B.J. Dexter |
Hardie Albright | Allan Dexter |
Irving Pichel | Captain Herman Bronte / Bronte |
Arthur Lake | Crawford |
Theodore von Eltz | Ed Tyler / Tyler |
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | Higgins |
Edgar Kennedy | Dan O'Brien / O'Brien |
Directors
Writers
Roger Whately, H.W. Hanemann, Jack O'Donnell
Cast
Name | Character |
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Burlington Zephyr | The Silver Streak |
Sally Blane | Ruth Dexter |
Charles Starrett | Tom Caldwell |
William Farnum | Barney J. Dexter / B.J. Dexter |
Hardie Albright | Allan Dexter |
Irving Pichel | Captain Herman Bronte / Bronte |
Arthur Lake | Crawford |
Theodore von Eltz | Ed Tyler / Tyler |
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | Higgins |
Edgar Kennedy | Dan O'Brien / O'Brien |
Doris Dawson | Molly |
Harry Allen | McGregor aka Mac |
Stanley Blystone | Detective |
James Bradbury Jr. | Ed Lowery - Train Engineer |
Lynton Brent | Brent |
Mary Carr | Mother on Train |
Eddy Chandler | Trainman |
Dick Curtis | Boulder Dam Foreman |
John Dilson | Doctor |
Harrison Greene | Air Freight Representative |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Glendon Alvine | Producer |