The Silent Partner (1978)

A few days before Christmas, Toronto mall bank teller Elliott Gould discovers that his bank is going to be robbed and uses that information to his advantage. Unfortunately for him, it does not take long for ruthless robber Christopher Plummer to discover his ruse. What I thought was going to be a simple heist film turned out to be an absorbing meeting of the minds. I’m not used to Plummer being so sadistically evil, but he carries it off well. Gould might be the protagonist of the story, but he’s no hero. I continued to wonder if and how he was going to get out of his various predicaments.