Trivia / The Silent Partner

• Creator Backlash: Director Daryl Duke refused to shoot the scene where Reikle assaults the teenage girl, so screenwriter Curtis Hanson stepped in. He also directed the broken-glass beheading (which was added at the insistence of producers) and supervised post-production after Duke left over creative differences.
• Fake Nationality: Brooklynite Elliott Gould plays a Canadian bank teller.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Curtis Hanson wrote the screenplay intending to direct himself, but the producers insisted on hiring a Canadian director for tax purposes.
  • Mick Jagger was considered to play Harry Reikle.

---