Silver Bears

Silver Bears

They were after silver and they struck gold.

PG 1977 · 113 min · ★ 6.1 · Comedy, Crime

Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore 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, 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. 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.

Directed by Ivan Passer · Written by Peter Stone

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Michael Caine Doc Fletcher
Cybill Shepherd Debbie Luckman
Louis Jourdan Prince 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
Jeremy Clyde Nick Topping

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