The Silent Partner

The Silent Partner Movie poster Country Canada Directed by Daryl Duke Release Date 1978 Language English Studio Carolco Pictures Distributor EMC Film Corporation Main Cast Character Actor Miles Cullen Elliott Gould Harry Reikle Christopher Plummer Simonson John Candy Detective Willard Ken Pouge Julie Carver Susannah York

The Silent Partner is a 1978 Canadian crime thriller. The film was directed by Daryl Duke and written by Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential,8 Mile,The River Wild) . Featuring a rare villainous turn by Christopher Plummer Silent Partner was the first movie produced by the film company Carolco (First Blood,Basic Instinct,Terminator 2: Judgment Day). In the years since it's 1978 release it has achieved cult film status

The following weapons were used in the film The Silent Partner:

Walther P38

The only extensively used weapon in the film is a Walther P38, the sidearm of the bank robber Harry Reikle (Christopher Plummer).

Walther P38 - 9mm

Promotional picture of Christopher Plummer with the P38

Reikle, disguised as Santa Claus, fires the P38.

Reikle scrambles up the escalator with the P38.

Reikle fires the P38 while disguised as a woman.

Smith & Wesson Model 10

Frank (Sean Sullivan), the bank guard, carries a Smith & Wesson Model 10 in his holster, drawing it in the bank robbery, and again during the finale.

Smith & Wesson Model 10 - .38 Special

Frank fires the S&W Model 10.

Frank points the Model 10 at a mortally-wounded Reikle.