The Partner
The Partner (1997) is a legal/thriller novel by noted American author John Grisham. It was Grisham's eighth novel.
Plot
Patrick Lanigan, a junior partner in a law firm in Biloxi, Mississippi, gets wind of a plan masterminded by shipbuilding magnate Benny Aricia to defraud the U.S. government through an overcharging scheme. His firm is deeply involved in the scam and stands to gain $30 million, yet plans to keep Patrick from sharing the profits. He bides his time, secretly collecting evidence. He knows that simply stealing the money and running won't work, so he feigns his own death in an automobile accident. When the body is found, it is identified as Patrick, though it is badly burned, and subsequently cremated. Patrick watches his own funeral from a safe distance. His wife Trudy received $2.5 million in life insurance.
Although he pretended not to know, Trudy had been cheating on him throughout their marriage, and his daughter was the result of that relationship.
Six weeks later, $90 million vanishes from the law firm's off-shore bank account. The associates know that only an insider had the knowledge to pull it off and eventually they start wondering if Patrick is really dead after all. Without the money, the associates and Benny Aricia are in deep financial trouble. Benny hires specialist Jack Stephano to track down Patrick.
Partner
Partner or The Partner may refer to:
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Film
The Partner (TV series)
The Partner is an upcoming American reality television show which will be broadcast on CNBC. The series will feature entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis auditioning six to eight candidates to help run businesses Lemonis has invested in during his other CNBC program The Profit.
Candidates will be auditioned over a six week period, with one being selected to be Lemonis' partner. The winner will receive a three year contract including a salary of US$163,000 and a 1% equity stake in Lemonis' portfolio. The series drew comparisons to another business themed reality format The Apprentice.
The series was announced on January 14, 2016 will debut in summer 2016.
See also
References
'The Partner' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Loving Vhannie (2014)
Actors: Julianna Bogart (actor), Christopher Lyman (actor), Charles Moss (actor), Jason Pope (actor), Delia Swords (actress), Gwendolyn Washington (producer), Gwendolyn Washington (writer), Damon Lee Patterson (director), Gwendolyn Washington (director), Damon Lee Patterson (editor),
Plot: Loving Vhannie introduces us to the determined and magnetic Detective Lang Peoples.Solving homicides in Kansas City is who he is; loving his woman Vhannie, is what he does. The city has seen an increase in murders over the last ten years, and Peoples finds himself heading most investigations. Tall, smooth and competent, he's the first to arrive and the last to leave. But on this night, he gets a call from his partner about a dead body at a swingers club. This won't be just any case, it soon becomes the most memorable case he's ever solved.
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Short, Thriller,CVStreet: The Movie (2014)
Actors: Alexandre Attias (actor), Thierry Bezer (actor), Florent D'Aillaud (actor), Pascal d'Iverneresse (actor), Gérard Dubouche (actor), Frédéric Espi (actor), Olivier Faursel (actor), Ahmed Jaoui (actor), Sam Khezibi (actor), Raymond La Science (actor), Xavier-Adrien Laurent (actor), Moussa Maaskri (actor), Fabrice Malaval (actor), Richard Martin (actor), Adda Abdelli (actor),
Plot: CVStreet group pastes posters of unemployed people in the streets. Then the project became a reality-TV against unemployment. How far can we be entertained with other's misfortune? This is based on a true story.
Keywords: fight, france, marseille, poster, street, unemploymentGenres: Drama,
Spin (2012)
Actors: Chadney Cooles (actor), Joseph Daniele (actor), Josh DeLozier (actor), M. Devon Dunlap (actor), Robert Fabiani (actor), Bill Gillane (actor), Sean Guse (actor), James Henry Hall (actor), Alvin Hayes (actor), Daniel Allen Kent (actor), Kevin Lerch (actor), Jonathan Lipow (actor), Dan Mitchem (actor), Justin Ray (actor), Johnny Cannizzaro (actor),
Genres: Drama, Thriller,The Traveler (2011)
Actors: Peter Coleman (actor), Chris Viemeister (actor), Elysia Segal (actress), Elysia Segal (actress), Nancy Bozzi (producer), Tom A. Capps (producer), Eric Striffler (producer), Donna Tanzi (producer), Sean Williams (producer), Louis Matta (writer), Joe Sergio (composer), Louis Matta (director), Michael Mercadante (editor),
Plot: A young man develops a time machine with a colleague from his university. They soon discover that with some success comes betrayal, greed, and insanity. While his partner uses the machine for the purpose of financial gain, the Traveler attempts to shut it down and cling to what salvation he has left in the form of his girlfriend.
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Short,The Key to Annabel Lee (2011)
Actors: Nivek Ogre (actor), Diane Ayala Goldner (actress), Corrie Shenigo (actress), Cherilyn Wilson (actress), Staci Layne Wilson (actress), Enzo Giobbe (producer), Annette Ashlie Slomka (producer), Staci Layne Wilson (writer), Mars Homeworld (composer), The Ventures (composer), Staci Layne Wilson (director), Staci Layne Wilson (editor), Andrew Kasch (miscellaneous crew), Terrence Kelsey (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Mystery, Short,Taglines: [a woman in triptych]
Zooey & Adam (2009)
Actors: Steed Crandell (actor), Scott Erickson (actor), Chad Hagman (actor), Tom Keenan (actor), Omar Alex Khan (actor), Metropolitan Kinaschuk (actor), Adam Kosarych (actor), Ryan Alexander McDonald (actor), Terry Michalyshyn (actor), Mike Peters (actor), Riko Sakamoto (actor), Bradley Sawatzky (actor), Mike Stevens (actor), Kent Suss (actor), Eric Blais (actor),
Genres: Drama,Judo Jymnastics (1947)
Actors: Lou Leonard (actor), Mary Parker (actress), William Forest Crouch (producer), William Forest Crouch (writer), William Forest Crouch (director), William Forest Crouch (editor),
Plot: In a gym, a girl is pulling some pulleys, to gain arm strength, while three men and three girls watch a judo demonstration in the middle of the room. A girl wearing a sweater and shorts applies a succession of holds to a young man in a sleeveless undershirt and a black trunks: over the shoulder projection, arm lock, over the hip projection, sideways headlock and knee to the face, sacrifice fall followed by school-girl pin, kidney punching followed by a groin kick, sideways kick to the knee and arm-lock, eye-gouge and kick to the ribs, attack to both legs with arms and legs, arm-lock and tripping followed by a leg blow to the throat, disarming a knife attack from above, and then an up-thrust with the knife, disarming a revolver menace from the back, usage of a leather belt to strangle and throw an attacker, usage of hair holds for control and throw of the opponent, and KO punching. The man simulates different forms of attack and stands gamely every time - except the last.
Keywords: fitness, gym-class, knife-attack, self-defense, women's-libGenres: Documentary, Short, Sport,
Never Too Old (1919)
Actors: Joseph Belmont (actor), James Finlayson (actor), James Finlayson (actor), Frank Hayes (actor), Tom Kennedy (actor), Charles Murray (actor), Garry O'Dell (actor), Bert Roach (actor), Pepper the Cat (actress), Phyllis Haver (actress), Marie Prevost (actress), Eva Thatcher (actress), Mack Sennett (producer), F. Richard Jones (director),
Genres: Comedy, Short,The Rose of Kentucky (1911)
Actors: Edwin August (actor), William J. Butler (actor), Wilfred Lucas (actor), Alfred Paget (actor), Charles West (actor), Kate Bruce (actress), Florence La Badie (actress), Marion Sunshine (actress), Kate Toncray (actress), D.W. Griffith (director),
Plot: A farmer takes in a young orphan after her mother's death and sends her off to school. After she's grown, he encourages her to consider his younger brother as a husband. When the younger brother proves to be a coward, she chooses the older brother instead.
Keywords: farm, ku-klux-klan, rural-setting, southern-u.s.Genres: Romance, Short,
