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Silver Bears (1978)

PG 113 min  -  Crime | Comedy  -   24 June 1978 (Denmark)
5.7
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Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits... See full summary »

Director:

Ivan Passer

Writers:

Paul Erdman (novel), Peter Stone
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Caine ...
Doc Fletcher
Cybill Shepherd ...
Debbie Luckman
Louis Jourdan ...
Prince di Siracusa
Stéphane Audran Stéphane Audran ...
Shireen Firdausi
David Warner ...
Agha Firdausi
Tom Smothers ...
Donald Luckman
Martin Balsam Martin Balsam ...
Joe Fiore
Jay Leno ...
Albert Fiore
Tony Mascia ...
Marvin Skinner
Charles Gray ...
Charles Cook
Joss Ackland ...
Henry Foreman
Jeremy Clyde Jeremy Clyde ...
Nick Topping
Moustache Moustache ...
Signore Bendetti
Mike Falco Mike Falco ...
Boston
Philip Mascellino Philip Mascellino ...
St. Louis
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Storyline

Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds that the bank, acquired by his associate Prince di Siracusa (Louis Jourdan), consists of some shabby offices above a restaurant. To make up for this, the Prince suggests that Fletcher invests in a silver mine owned by Shireen and Agha Firdausi (Stéphane Audran and David Warner). This solves one problem, but the mine also attracts the attention of some of the most powerful people in the silver business. Fletcher must pull out all his wheeler-dealing skills in order to keep hold of everything he's worked for, in the process romancing a banker's discontented wife (Cybill Shepherd). Written by marktreut  

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Plot Keywords:

Silver | Silver Mine | Switzerland | American Abroad | Film Set  | See more »

Taglines:

They were after silver and they struck gold.

Genres:

Crime | Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

(Denmark) See more »

Also Known As:

Fool's Gold See more »

Filming Locations:

England, UK See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

EMI Films, Raleigh Films See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The last film of Nigel Patrick. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Luckman (Tom Smothers) offers to buy the bank his hands alternate, between shots, from being in his pockets, to hanging loose by his sides. See more »