Movie

Silver Bears (1977)

• PG
• June 3, 1977
• 1h 53m

• Comedy
• Crime

“They were after silver and they struck gold.”

Overview

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.

Director

Ivan Passer

Writers

Paul Erdman, Peter Stone

Starring

Michael Caine, Cybill Shepherd, Louis Jourdan