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The Silent Partner

1978 · 102 min

A cat-and-mouse thriller that is tense and darkly comic, with a chilly Toronto setting and a quietly clever hero.

Directed by
Daryl Duke
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Tagline
It's not about the money… It's about revenge.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Daryl Duke
Genres
Drama, Thriller
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • greed
  • obsession
  • deception
  • revenge
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror4
Humour5
Realism7
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Daryl Duke
Written by
Curtis Hanson
Starring
Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Céline Lomez, Michael Kirby, Ken Pogue, John Candy, Gail Dahms-Bonine
Music
Oscar Peterson
Cinematography
Billy Williams
Runtime
102 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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