Silver Bears is a 1977 English-language Comedy Crime motion picture written by Paul Erdman and Peter Stone. The movie is directed by Ivan Passer. Silver Bears was produced under the production house EMI Films. Financial wizard Doc Fletcher (Sir Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds that the bank, acquired by his associate Prince di Siracusa (Louis Jourdan), consists of some shabby offices above a restaurant. To make up for this, the Prince suggests that Fletcher invests in a silver mine owned by Shireen and Agha Firdausi (Stéphane Audran and David Warner). This solves one problem, but the mine also attracts the attention of some of the most powerful people in the silver business. Fletcher must pull out all of his wheeler-dealing skills in order to keep hold of everything for which he's worked, in the process romancing a banker's discontented wife (Cybill Shepherd). Written by marktreut. Silver bears features Michael Caine in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Cybill Shepherd, Louis Jourdan, St Phane Audran, David Warner, Tom Smothers and Martin Balsam. The music was composed by Claude Bolling. Cinematography was done by Anthony B. Richmond and editing by Bernard Gribble. The film has a running time of 113 minutes. It was released on 3rd June 1977. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by Columbia Pictures.