Charley Varrick
Short description
Charley Varrick makes his living robbing small-town banks, taking modest amounts that keep the police from pursuing him for long. His latest job, carried out with his wife and a partner, goes wrong: people are killed, and the take turns out to be far larger than expected. Charley realizes the money belongs to organized crime, money the bank was laundering, and that the mob will want it back. As a professional enforcer is sent after him, Charley has to stay ahead of both the gangsters and the authorities while working out his next move.
Don Siegel directed and produced the film, which he made between The Beguiled and The Shootist, the fourteenth of the eighteen features he directed. Walter Matthau plays Charley, with Joe Don Baker as Molly, Andrew Robinson as Harman Sullivan, Felicia Farr, Sheree North and Norman Fell among the credited cast of thirty-two. Dean Riesner and Howard Rodman wrote the screenplay.
Released in September 1973, the crime drama runs 111 minutes. On IMDb it holds a 7.5 rating from more than thirteen thousand votes, while on TMDB it stands at 7.4 from a much smaller sample of nearly three hundred. A critics' rating of 7.5 from twenty-eight reviews places it in line with the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- The working title of the film was “The Last of the Independents.” Director Don Siegel wanted to keep the title, but as a result, the phrase became the film’s slogan. Furthermore, the same phrase serves as the motto of Walter Matthau’s company in the film.
- The old trailer, which served as the protagonist’s home, was located near the home of the famous artist Effron Frederick, who allowed the filmmakers to shoot it. Her husband, Cliff Frederick, helped guard Charlie’s trailer at night, as the roof had been removed and cameras and lights were installed there.
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