The crew of the Pioneer Zephyr diesel train has only a few hours to deliver an iron lung to an injured man at the Boulder Dam construction site.The crew of the Pioneer Zephyr diesel train has only a few hours to deliver an iron lung to an injured man at the Boulder Dam construction site.The crew of the Pioneer Zephyr diesel train has only a few hours to deliver an iron lung to an injured man at the Boulder Dam construction site.
Theodore von Eltz
- Ed Tyler
- (as Theodor Von Eltz)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
- Higgins
- (as Guinn Williams)
Harry Allen
- McGregor aka Mac
- (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
- Detective
- (uncredited)
James Bradbury Jr.
- Ed Lowery - Train Engineer
- (uncredited)
Lynton Brent
- Brent
- (uncredited)
Mary Carr
- Mother on Train
- (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
- Trainman
- (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
- Boulder Dam Foreman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe train in the film was the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy RR's "Pioneer Zephyr" passenger train. After the train was retired from service in 1960 it was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago where it is still on display.
- GoofsOne of the repairmen on the Silver Streak (Higgins) tosses away a cigarette that he was holding in a wrench, but in the very next instant he has another fully lit cigarette.
- Crazy credits[At the bottom of the list of players] Burlington Zephyr as 'The Silver Streak'.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Victorious: Jade Dumps Beck (2010)
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A movie celebrating the two big engineering marvels of the day.
"The Silver Streak" is a film from RKO that celebrates two American engineering marvels of the time...the Burlington Zephyr and Boulder Dam. The Zephyr, also named 'The Silver Streak', was the fastest train of the day and was on display at the Century of Progress Fair in Chicago and it was one of the highlights of this World's Fair.
The story begins in Chicago, at the fair and the train is a sensation, as it's reported to be able to travel 120 mph...the fastest speed of any train at the time. Well, this speed will be needed when there's an outbreak of 'Infantile Paralysis' (Polio)...and the lifesaving iron lung machines need to be transported to the cite where the outbreak has occurred...at the construction site of Boulder Dam. But to get there, they have to run the train as fast as humanly possible...and it might not get there in time.
This film is not only a nice history lesson, it's also exciting and the footage of the speeding train are awfully exciting. Well made and enjoyable...I'm actually surprised this movie isn't more famous.
The story begins in Chicago, at the fair and the train is a sensation, as it's reported to be able to travel 120 mph...the fastest speed of any train at the time. Well, this speed will be needed when there's an outbreak of 'Infantile Paralysis' (Polio)...and the lifesaving iron lung machines need to be transported to the cite where the outbreak has occurred...at the construction site of Boulder Dam. But to get there, they have to run the train as fast as humanly possible...and it might not get there in time.
This film is not only a nice history lesson, it's also exciting and the footage of the speeding train are awfully exciting. Well made and enjoyable...I'm actually surprised this movie isn't more famous.
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- planktonrules
- Jan 4, 2023
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Серебряная стрела
- Filming locations
- Chicago, Illinois, USA(A Century of Progress International Exposition)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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