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The Silent Partner

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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Silent Partner is a 1978 Canadian thriller film directed by Daryl Duke, starring Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, and Susannah York.Miles Cullen (Gould) is a bank teller realizes the bank is about to be robbed after noticing a Mall Santa casing the joint. Cullen secretly steals money from the bank before the robbery, and fakes giving it over to the robber when he finally makes his move. However, the robber, psychopathic career criminal Harry Reikle (Plummer), realizes this and starts trying to intimidate Cullen into giving him the money. This leads to a dangerous cat-and-mouse game between the two thieves.
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Chekhov's Gun
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Chekhov's Gun: The silent alarm that goes off when $100 bills are removed, which Cullen uses to get Reikle killed.
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Ax-Crazy
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Ax-Crazy: Reikle is an unhinged psychopath with a propensity for violence.
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Bittersweet Ending
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Bittersweet Ending: Cullen manages to escape with the money, gets Reikle killed, and finally gets together with Julie, but Elaine is still dead.
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Bad Santa
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Bad Santa: Before his initial bank robbery, Reikle dresses as a mall Santa to disguise himself.
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Big Bad
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Big Bad: Harry Reikle schemes to rob the bank that Miles Cullen works at, and when Cullen steals the money for himself, Reikle spends the movie trying to intimidate him into giving it back.
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The Chessmaster
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The Chessmaster: Cullen, who quickly proves to be a master of Xanatos Speed Chess.
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All Girls Want Bad Boys
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All Girls Want Bad Boys: Downplayed with Elaine, who winds up ditching the psychotic thief Reikle for the affable Gentleman Thief Cullen at the first opportunity.
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