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Director:
Ivan Passer
Writers:
Paul Erdman (novel)
Peter Stone (writer)
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Release Date:
21 July 1978 (Finland) more
Genre:
Crime | Comedy more
Tagline:
They were after silver and they struck gold.
Plot:
Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Caine's Kissing Left Shepherd Cold
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User Reviews:
Not half as bad as they tell you more (6 total)

Cast

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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
Moustache ... Signore Bendetti
Mike Falco ... Boston
Philip Mascellino ... St. Louis
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Also Known As:
Fool's Gold (USA) (bootleg title)
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Runtime:
113 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-16 | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
England, UK more
Company:
EMI Films more

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The last film of Nigel Patrick. more

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Not half as bad as they tell you, 12 October 2009
8/10
Author: Milan (mim-8) from Belgrade, Serbia

"Silver Bears" is a great little effort from Czech master, Ivan Passer. It's funny well acted and neatly done comedy caper, that wont let you go until the end. I don't know why it was so badly reviewed when it easily counts among the top 20 comedies of the 70's. Michael Caine is great as usual as Cockney mafioso who in order to make a buck for himself gets a green light from Italian mafioso to start a bank in Switzerland in order to launder some funds, but there's a catch. In fulfilling that mission, without getting himself a brand new pair of cement boots, Caine is greatly helped by Louis Jourdan as sleazy Prince Di Siracusa, and an odd couple of blockheads consisting of Jay Leno in his best role to date, apart from the "Tonight Show", and Tony Mascia as Marvin Skinner. Cybil Shepherd is always great as a decoration, and the movie slides along beautifully with turns on every corner. Passer later proved to be great as a director of many layers, showing his skills most notably in the "Cutter's Way", but here he does it strictly by the numbers. Great fun, catch it if you can, if you like comedies with style, you wont be disappointed.

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