Line #3 YMMV/SilverStreak

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1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music/HenryMancini's score is not only romantic and soaringly beautiful, but also throbs with a locomotive rhythm that fits the film like a glove.
2	* CrossesTheLineTwice: The scene in which George dons {{blackface}} and acts like a [[ModernMinstrelsy stereotypical black man]] is both offensive and amusing.
3	* 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 ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' 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]].
4	* NarmCharm: Creator/PatrickMcGoohan in his delivery of the following line, was intended to be very chilling and threatening. But...
5	--> '''Deverau''': "Keep your foot on the pedalllllllllll."
6	* 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''.
7	* RetroactiveRecognition: A young, pre-fame Creator/FredWillard briefly appears as the assistant Chicago dispatcher toward the end.
8	* SpiritualSuccessor: To Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/TheLadyVanishes'' and ''Film/NorthByNorthwest'', both of which this film's director (Arthur Hiller) and screenwriter (Colin Higgins) admired.
9	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
10	** A character drives a Volkswagen Thing, which was a contemporary car at the time but is now considered an oddball classic.
11	** The quantity of liquor available on American inter-city passenger trains along with open consumption in public spaces.
12	** Lots of people are shown smoking on the train. In fact, the sheer number of people smoking in the film, including our protagonists, is a bit dated.
13	** Also George and most of the other male characters wear bell bottom pants, which completely date the movie as made in the 1970s.
14	** George listens to a handheld transistor radio when in disguise as a black man, something that no one really uses today.
15	** And Tab, which still does exist in a few markets, but is nowhere near the go-to for diet soda that it once was. It was ultimately discontinued in the 2010s.
16	* ValuesDissonance: The {{blackface}} scene was toeing the line when it was made in the 1970s, and it's certainly looked at much differently today.

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