Partners (1976)

Directed by

Don Owen

Genre

thriller film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman inherits her father's company and must deal with a corporate spy who is trying to take it over through a romantic relationship. A thriller about corporate power struggles and national identity.

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What happens

Partners is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Don Owen and released in 1976. The film stars Hollis McLaren as Heather Grey, the daughter of business magnate John Grey (Denholm Elliott); when she takes over leadership of the company after her father's death, she becomes a target for the romantic interests of Paul (Michael Margotta), a corporate spy for an American company eyeing a hostile takeover of the firm. It's also Delroy Lindo's debut. The Ontario Censor Board forced Owen to cut 35 seconds of a sex scene from the film. The film has most commonly been analyzed as an allegory for Canadian nationalism. It was not well received by critics, but was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Feature Film at the 27th Canadian Film Awards in 1976. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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