This movie was notable for featuring later talk-show host Jay Leno in the second of his first two cinematic appearances.
Final theatrical movie of Nigel Patrick (Financial Mediator). This is an uncredited one-scene cameo, and the only film of the actor's later years in which he doesn't wear a hairpiece.
One of three movies in which Sir Michael Caine appeared in 1978. The others being The Swarm (1978) and California Suite (1978).
Italian Prince Gianfranco di Siracusa's (Louis Jourdan's) luxury car was a yellow 1937 Buick convertible.
Reflecting this movie's high-finance storyline, promotional title logos for the movie frequently spelled the title with the first and last "S" letters spelled with the "$" symbol instead, thus producing the title: "$ilver Bear$". The same spelling has also been used on paperback editions for the source novel's dust-jacket.