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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Michael Caine | ... | Doc Fletcher | |
| Cybill Shepherd | ... | Debbie Luckman | |
| Louis Jourdan | ... | Prince Gianfranco di Siracusa | |
| Stéphane Audran | ... | Shireen Firdausi | |
| David Warner | ... | Agha Firdausi | |
| Tom Smothers | ... | Donald Luckman | |
| Martin Balsam | ... | Joe Fiore | |
| Jay Leno | ... | Albert Fiore | |
| Tony Mascia | ... | Marvin Skinner | |
| Charles Gray | ... | Charles Cook | |
| Joss Ackland | ... | Henry Foreman | |
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Jeremy Clyde | ... | Nick Topping |
| Moustache | ... | Signore Bendetti | |
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Mike Falco | ... | Boston |
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Philip Mascellino | ... | St. Louis |
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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. 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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3 June 1977 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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The movie title dropped the word "The" from the source novel title of "The Silver Bears". See more »Goofs
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 »Crazy Credits
The final credits play over a scene of Donald Luckman writing his story of the events whilst in gaol. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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It's a good crime picture with a star-packed cast. The plot is very engaging and not much complicated but also a clever one, which is a big advantage because you never get bored while watching it. Ivan Passer who directed the movie was amongst the leading directors of the new wave in Czechoslovakia in the early 60s but this picture is entirely different. Anyway, it's good in its genre and definitely well acted with the required *twinkle* in the eye from Michael Caine. The locations are very attractive as well as music. It's a very pleasant movie to watch in the evening. I recommend it not only to Michael Caine fans.