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Silver Bears is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Ivan Passer released in USA on 21 july 1978 with Michael Caine

Silver Bears (1977)

Silver Bears
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Released in USA 21 july 1978
Length 1h53
Directed by
Genres Comedy,    Crime
Rating59% 2.9998252.9998252.9998252.9998252.999825

Silver Bears is a 1978 joint British- and American-produced comedy thriller film based on a novel by Paul Erdman, directed by Ivan Passer and starring Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd, Louis Jourdan and Joss Ackland. Caine portrays mob accountant "Doc" Fletcher who acquires a Swiss bank and a silver mine but must fight a complex struggle in order to keep hold of them.

Synopsis

Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Michael Caine) persuades his boss, American mobster Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam), to buy up a Swiss bank in order to more easily launder their ill-gotten gains. The impoverished Italian Prince Gianfranco di Siracusa (Louis Jourdan) agrees to act as chairman of the board in order to give it an air of respectability. "Doc" goes to Lugano, a major center of banking activity, along with the Don's wayward son Albert (Jay Leno), only to find that the best bank that the Prince could get consists of some shabby offices above a pizza restaurant with assets of $900.

Actors

Michael Caine

(Doc Fletcher)
Cybill Shepherd

(Debbie Luckman)
Louis Jourdan

(Prince di Siracusa)
Stéphane Audran

(Shireen Firdausi)
Joss Ackland

(Henry Foreman)
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