DAC Episode 374 - The Silent Partner (1978)

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A still from the movie The Silent Partner. A man in a dark suit with a shocked expression leans forward. A woman in a floral print top stands behind him, her hands on his shoulders.

a live dog pretending to be a canadian.

Quick: who’s the least Canadian man ever to walk this Earth? Who resolutely refuses to embody a single particle of Canadian-ness? If you answered with Elliott Gould, you’d be right. So who better to portray a mild-mannered Torontonian bank teller who runs afoul of a psychotic criminal, played by Christopher Plummer, aka The Least Criminal Man of All Time?

That’s the main appeal of 1978’s The Silent Partner: watching two co-leads play so against type that the movie transcends its story and becomes a pure cultural object. Listen below as Adam and Aidan get into things, or find us on your podbeast of choice.