History YMMV / SilverStreak

* OlderThanTheyThink: Modern viewers used to seeing Creator/RichardKiel play [[Expy Expies]] of his iconic Bond character [[Film/JamesBond Jaws]] would be forgiven for seeing him appear in this film with the exact same metal dentures and think it's another example of that. In fact, this film was released one year before ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''.

** And Tab, which still does exist in a few markets, but is nowhere near the go-to for diet soda that it once was.

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/RichardKiel has a small supporting role as a GiantMook with [[RedRightHand bad dental work]]. In his autobiography, Kiel relates how one reporter from the premiere of ''Spy'' pissed him off by trying to manufacture a controversy by asking him if Eon was trying to rip ''Silver Streak'' off by casting him as [[Film/JamesBond Jaws]].

* RetroactiveRecognition: A young, pre-fame Creator/FredWillard appears in a small role in the end.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/HenryMancini's score is not only romantic and soaringly beautiful, it's also throbbing with a locomotive rhythm that fits the film like a glove.

** Lots of people are shown smoking on the train. In fact, the sheer number of people, including our protagonists, smoking is a bit dated.

** George listens to a handheld radio when in disguise as a black man, something that no one really uses today.

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/RichardKiel has a small supporting role as a GiantMook with [[RedRightHand bad dental work]]. In his autobiography, Kiel relates how one reporter from the premiere of ''Spy'' pissed him off by trying to manufacture a controversy by asking him if Eon was trying to rip ''Silver Streak'' off by casting him as [[Film/JamesBond Jaws]]

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The {{blackface}} scene in which George dons {{blackface}} and acts like a [[ModernMinstrelsy stereotypical black man]] is both offensive and amusing.