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My Silent Partner (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ron Oliver

Written By:
Michael Gleason

Actors:
Joanna Going ..... Phyllis Webber
Greg Evigan ..... Steven Webber
Tim Conlon ..... Billy Sullivan
Nelson Wong ..... Jeffrey Wong
Josh Hayden ..... Sean Webber
Shawn Reis ..... Lester Neal
Ingrid Tesch ..... Dr. Margaret Nathanson
Peter Bryant ..... Dietrich
Benjamin Ayres ..... Arthur Bannister
Michael Kopsa ..... Ring
French Tickner ..... Ira J. Grossman
Linda Sorensen ..... Clara Houser
Jimmy Chohan ..... Jimmy
Judith Maxie ..... Judge
Cali Boyle ..... Office Receptionist

Synopsis:

San Francisco police inspector Phyllis Webber's (Joanna Going) comfortable life falls apart when she discovers her husband has been regularly unfaithful to her - and he's not interested in saving the marriage. Serving her with divorce papers, her husband tells her he wants full custody of their teenage son Sean (Josh Hayden). Unable to afford a good lawyer, Phyllis is saved at the custody hearing when a high-prices lawyer walks into the courtroom and puts things right. In return, he asks her to do his client a little favour. The client? Local mob boss Joe Sullivan (Tim Conlon). The favour? She is to be his police informant, letting him know which busts are about to go down and what they know about him. Phyllis reluctantly agrees, for the sake of her son. As time goes on, Phyllis gets more deeply involved with Sullivan's plans-and her partner Jeff Wong (Nelson Wong) suspects something's up. He urges her to come forward, but Phyllis is in too deep. but when Sullivan raises the stakes even higher and her son disappears, she realizes that she'll need her partner Jeff's help if she wants to get her son back - and get out of Sullivan's deadly grasp.

San Francisco based Phyllis and Steven Webber have hit an extended rough spot in their fifteen year marriage, as Steven, who manages a chain of dry cleaning stores for his wealthy parents, feels that she is more devoted to her work as an SFPD vice detective than she is to him as a wife. She working extended hours on her latest case, that of mobster Billy Sullivan, who is legitimate on the surface but who has his hands in several different illegal activities, he feels is only the latest in a long line of such cases for which she has been required to work long hours. So when Phyl learns of Steven's infidelity, she throws him out of the house. She is surprised by Steven's resulting move: filing for divorce, with a separate filing for custody of their only offspring, thirteen year old Sean Webber, Steven's belief being that he is a more stable parent than her. Phyl's problem in this matter is that she knows that she cannot afford the expensive lawyers that Steven can with his parents' money, the custody case which he can tie up in courts until she is out of money. She believes her prayers have been answered when a lawyer, Arthur Bannister, who was referred by the expensive lawyer she tried to hire, Ira Grossman, offers to take her case pro bono. After Arthur gets her out of a bind, Phyl learns that his law firm would like information on a police case for one of their other lucrative clients, that information which she does divulge. She later learns that the information was tied back to Billy Sullivan, who now has her between a rock and a hard place, as if she doesn't continue to provide inside information on his case, he will report her activities, which would not only mean her job but losing custody of Sean. Phyl has to figure out how to get herself out of this mess, while dealing with the divorce and the custody issue. Her professional problems are compounded by her partner of four years, Jeffrey Wong, who knows Phyl is a good cop that is caught up in something bad, that something which he is determined to find out.

A San Francisco policewoman (Going) accepts a favor from a local crime boss to counter a nasty child custody battle with her ex-husband, and finds herself dangerously entangled with the mob.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 04 May, 2015.