The Silent Partner [Blu-ray]

Overview

The Canadian "sleeper" The Silent Partner stars Elliott Gould as a teller, Miles Cullen, who figures out psycho Harry Reikle's (Christopher Plummer) scheme to rob his bank, several days ahead of time. Cullen providently squirrels away 50,000 dollars in a safety-deposit box before Reikle strikes. After the robbery, the papers report the amount of the bank's loss. Reikle realizes that there's 50,000 extra bucks floating around that he hasn't gotten his hands on. The soft-spoken but sadistic Reikle puts the screws on Cullen to fork over the dough -- but Cullen has lost the deposit-box key. Be forewarned: this one gets extremely brutal and bloody at times, with sudden bursts of graphic violence. Also featured is Susannah York as the fluctuating-loyalty heroine, and a very young and hairy John Candy. Future L.A. Confidential scribe Curtis Hanson loosely adapted the Danish novel Think of a Number, by Anders Bodelsen.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/18/2019
UPC:	0738329237592
Original Release:	1978
Rating:	R
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	18,057

Special Features

Think of a Number: Interview with Star Elliott Gould; Audio Commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson; Radio Spot; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Elliott Gould	Miles Cullen
Christopher Plummer	Harry Reikle
Susannah York	Julie Carver
Celine Lomez	Elaine
Michael Kirby	Packard
Ken Pogue	Detective
John Candy	Simonsen
Gail Dahms	Louise
Michael Donaghue	Berg
Jack Duffy	Fogelman
Nancy Simmonds	Girl in Sauna
Nuala Fitzgerald	Mrs. Skinner
Guy Sanvido	Locksmith
Aino Pirskanen	Mrs. Evanchuck
Michele Rosen	Young Woman in Bank
Ben Williams	Newsboy
Sandy Crawley	2nd Detective
Jan Campbell	Boy's Mother
Jimmy Davidson	Little Boy
Eve Norman	Girl at Party
John Kerr	3rd Detective
Sue Lumsden	TV Reporter
Candace O'Connor	Bank Assistant
Stephen Levy	Freddie
Sean Sullivan	Frank, Bank Guard
Charlotte Blunt	Mrs. Packard
Oscar Peterson	Composer

Technical Credits

Garth H. Drabinsky	Executive Producer
Daryl Duke	Director
Joel B. Michaels	Producer
Stephen Young	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Before Curtis Hanson's success as a director in the 1990s, he was known mostly for a handful of well-respected, edgy screenplays. Adapted from a novel by Anders Bodelsen, the cerebral thriller The Silent Partner was little-seen upon release, but in hindsight, it stands out as one of the best sleepers of the late '70s. Directed by Canadian filmmaker Daryl Duke, Partner gets a lot of mileage from its star, Elliott Gould, who is at his laconic best as the surprisingly smooth bank teller. Similar to his distanced performance in Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye, Gould subtly plays an everyman struggling to regain control of his life, on his own terms. In his role as an enraged bank robber, Christopher Plummer brings an unexpected menace to the film. Hanson would go on to write 1982's highly controversial Sam Fuller film White Dog and 1983's Never Cry Wolf before hitting box-office gold with The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992).

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