Michael Caine as a ambitious banker for the mafia charged with setting up a Swiss bank account to launder mob money. Soon Caine and his crew turn their attention to a secret silver mine and the film is really about the toing and froings of takeovers. Much double-dealing and subterfuge ensue but you don't really care for much of it because the director Ivan Passer keeps changing the rules. Filmed in technicolor, the movie has a washed out look and it feels like one of those friendly made for TV jobs where there are no good or bad characters. Cybil Shepherd plays younger than she is (the film is a step backwards from her role in Taxi Driver) Still she creates the only laugh in the film when she interrupts her square uptight husband on a phone call. The ensemble cast includes Joss Ackland, Jay Leno, Louis Jordan, Stephane Audran, Charles Gray, David Warner, Tom Smothers and Martin Balsalm.
Review of Silver Bears
