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The Silent Partner

1978

Daryl Duke

Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Céline Lomez ...

6.9

1,772

Thriller. Mystery A bank teller (Elliot Gould) is held up at gun point in his bank. Luckily for him he receives a clue that this is going to occur and diverts most of the cash into his own safety deposit box, leaving only a nominal amount for the crook (Christopher Plummer).

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A thriller that was not only intelligently and well acted and very scary, but also had the most audaciously clockwork plot I've seen in a long time (...) ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"A dense, quirky, uncommonly interesting movie"
		Gary Arnold The Washington Post	"Even after the story threatens to self-destruct, you fight the impulse to suffer a major letdown, for the sake of the swell nerve-racking time you've been having up to that point."
		Derek Smith Slant	"Hanson’s sharply written screenplay initially appears to be priming us for a high-stakes heist, but (...) the film transforms into psychologically complex and sexually charged game of cat and mouse (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Scott Meek Time Out	"[Cyphers and question-marks] dominate the script as every labyrinthine twist becomes more plodding."
		David Nusair Reel Film	"A deliberately-paced thriller that grows more and more absorbing as time progresses (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

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