Description: Charley Varrick is a small-time crook who outfoxes the Mob in this fast-paced offbeat thriller directed by Don Siegel. Academy Award winner Walter Matthau stars in a rare dramatic role, along with the powerful Joe Don Baker, as a tough Mafia hitman. Charley robs small banks with small payrolls. That keeps him out of trouble until he stumbles onto the Mob's secret stash. The chase is on as the Big Boys go after the 'Last of the Independents.' It's a heart-pounding ride that builds to a fiery airborne climax as Charley makes his last desperate run for the Mexican border and safety.
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Rating: - Walter Matthau's Charley Varrick is a bank robber to bet on. But avoid Joe Don Baker's Molly
Says the man looking at the business card, "'Charley Varrick, Last of the Independents.' I like that. Has a ring of finality." The man is Molly, a mob enforcer for special projects. You don't want to let him into your trailer. Charley Varrick will meet him when the small-time robbery Charley sets up at the Tres Cruces branch of Western Fidelity Bank goes really, really wrong.
Varrick (Walter Matthau) expected to clear maybe $20,000 or $30,000 from the heist. Instead, his wife, Nadine, waiting in the getaway car, shoots two cops, gets shot herself, and one of Charley's two associates gets killed. Charley, finally back at the trailer park and now a widow, is left with young, dumb Harmon Sullivan (Andrew Robinson) and exactly $765,118 in two big bags. When a newscast reports that the bank manager says only $2,000 was stolen, Charley wishes he'd stayed with stunt flying and crop dusting. The bank was mob ... Read More
Rating: - Widescreen version
A few days ago this movie was published in the UK in widescreen with very good picture quality. And it is region free!
Rating: - Still no widescreen release? What a pity for a great movie.
This is one of my favorite Matthau flicks of all time. It was among several 70 action/dramas me made at that time that to me are very overlooked- "Pelham 1-2-3" and "Laughing Policeman" among the best. But full screen only? I'd give this movie 4 stars otherwise. It's a very well written and directed movie with lots of suspense and drama. And the key players- Mathau, Joe Don Baker and John Vernon play great roles. You'll also recognize Andrew Robinson, who played Scorpio, the vile serial killer in "Dirty Harry." "Varrick" is a great movie, betrayed by a pitiful DVD release. Still, if it comes on your TV package, watch it. The cat and mouse between Mathau (bank robber/crop duster) and Baker (Mafia hitman) is excellent. And the look of the film is perfect for its 70s setting. If only...
Rating: - DVD Charlie Varrick
You sent me a DVD sone 1, and as I live in Norway, I can not use it!!!!!
Kindly send only sone 2 DVDs to Norway in the future.
I could not return it either, because I did not find out that it was sone 1 until I tried to play it.
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