The Silent Partner (French title: L'argent de la banque) is a 1978 Canadian crime film directed by Daryl Duke. The film stars Elliott Gould as Miles Cullen, Christopher Plummer as Harry Reikle, and Susannah York as Julie Carver.
The film was the first to be produced by Carolco Pictures, and one of the earliest Canadian films to take advantage of the Canadian government's "Capital Cost Allowance" plans. The Silent Partner is also notable for being...
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The Silent Partner (French title: L'argent de la banque) is a 1978 Canadian crime film directed by Daryl Duke. The film stars Elliott Gould as Miles Cullen, Christopher Plummer as Harry Reikle, and Susannah York as Julie Carver.
The film was the first to be produced by Carolco Pictures, and one of the earliest Canadian films to take advantage of the Canadian government's "Capital Cost Allowance" plans. The Silent Partner is also notable for being one of the very few films to have a score composed by Oscar Peterson, and for featuring an early big-screen appearance by John Candy.
The Silent Partner is a remake of the Danish film Think of a Number (Tænk på et tal) from 1969 written and directed by Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt. Both are based on the novel Tænk på et tal by Danish writer Anders Bodelsen.
Miles Cullen is a bored teller at a bank in a Toronto mall who accidentally learns that his place of business is about to be robbed.
Instead of informing his bosses or contacting the police,...
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