The Silver Streak
| The Silver Streak | |
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| Directed by | Tommy Atkins |
| Written by | H.W. Hanemann Jack O'Donnell Roger Whately |
| Produced by | Glendon Alvine |
| Starring | Charles Starrett Sally Blane Hardie Albright William Farnum Irving Pichel Arthur Lake |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Edited by | Fred Kundtson |
| Music by | Al Colombo |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Silver Streak is a 1934 American black-and-white film drama from RKO, loosely based on the record-setting "dawn-to-dusk" run of the Pioneer Zephyr on May 26, 1934. The film stars Sally Blane, Charles Starrett, William Farnum, and Hardie Albright.
The original Zephyr train was used for the film's exterior shots, while interior scenes were filmed on a Hollywood sound stage. For the film, the "Burlington Route" nameplate on the train's nose was replaced with one that read "Silver Streak". One of the film's promotional items was a small book called The Story of the Silver Streak, illustrated with black-and-white film stills.
In 2006 Con-Cor International, Ltd. produced scale models of the Pioneer Zephyr. A limited number (350 HO scale and 250 N scale) of these bore the film's Silver Streak nameplate instead of the standard Burlington Route nameplate.