A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.
Gene Wilder
as George Caldwell
Jill Clayburgh
as Hildegard 'Hilly' Burns
Richard Pryor
as Grover Muldoon
Patrick McGoohan
as Roger Devereau
Ned Beatty
as Bob Sweet
Clifton James
as Sheriff Chauncey
Ray Walston
as Mr. Edgar Whiney
Stefan Gierasch
as Professor Schreiner & Johnson
Len Birman
as Chief
Valerie Curtin
as Plain Jane
Lucille Benson
as Rita Babtree
Scatman Crothers
as Ralston
