The Silent Partner

Sep 7, 1978

1h 42m

★ 7.0

It's not about the money… It's about revenge.

Overview

Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Tiberius Entertainment

Carolco Pictures

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Cast

Miles Cullen

Elliott Gould

Reikle

Christopher Plummer

Julie

Susannah York

Elaine

Céline Lomez

Charles Packard

Michael Kirby

Detective Willard

Ken Pogue

Simonsen

John Candy

Louise

Gail Dahms-Bonine

Berg

Michael Donaghue

Bank Guard

Sean Sullivan

Fogelman

Jack Duffy

Girl in Sauna

Nancy Simmonds

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