The Silent Partner (1978)

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It's not about the money… It's about revenge.

Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters.

• Released: 1978-09-07
• Genres: Drama, Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 42m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 173 votes

Directed by Daryl Duke.

Top cast

• Elliott Gould as Miles Cullen
• Christopher Plummer as Reikle
• Susannah York as Julie
• Céline Lomez as Elaine
• Michael Kirby as Charles Packard
• Ken Pogue as Detective Willard
• John Candy as Simonsen
• Gail Dahms-Bonine as Louise
• Michael Donaghue as Berg
• Sean Sullivan as Bank Guard

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Silent Partner

• United States: watch free on Kanopy; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Australia: watch free on SBS On Demand

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