Silver Bears (1978)

Silver Bears (1978) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1978 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ivan Passer

Written By:
Paul Erdman
Peter Stone

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

Synopsis:

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).

Director Ivan Passer and screenwriter Peter Stone adapted Paul Erdman's novel concerning a group of con men who arrive in Switzerland and end up conning each other. Michael Caine stars as Doc Fletcher, a lackey for gangster Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam), who is sent to Switzerland to purchase a bank for his boss. Prince di Siracusa (Louis Jourdan) is aiding Doc in his purchase but is working on his own scam. They both meet Shireen Firdausi (Stephane Audran) and Agha Firdausi (David Warner), who are working on their own deal concerning an Iranian silver mine. Also arriving in town is Donald Luckman (Tom Smothers) and his wife Debbie (Cybil Shepherd), sent by banker Henry Foreman (Joss Ackland) to buy a bank as a front for Charles Cook (Charles D. Gray), a billionaire who is looking for a way to disguise his profits. With all these schemers in tow, various confidence games play out and characters switch alliances and obligations, while some wind up in jail.

Caught in the middle of it all is Donald Luckman (Tom Smothers), a naïve San Francisco bank employee whose ruthless boss sends him to Europe to but the Swiss bank on behalf of a shady industrialist. Luckman's unfaithful wife, Debbie (Cybill Shepherd), also plays a big role in the shenanigans.. and she's just as greedy as everyone else!

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 08 September, 2020.

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