Charley Varrick
Charley Varrick (a.k.a.The Last of the Independents and Kill Charley Varrick) is a 1973 American neo-noir crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Walter Matthau, Andrew Robinson, Joe Don Baker and John Vernon. Charley Varrick was based on the novel The Looters by John H. Reese and is the first of four consecutive films Matthau appeared in that were not comedies.
Plot
Charley Varrick is a crop-duster and former stunt pilot, down on his luck. So he, his wife, and two accomplices, Al and Harman, rob a bank in rural New Mexico. Though the heist results in a big haul, it also claims the lives of Al and Charley's wife. After making their way to a distant trailer park, Charley and Harman discover their take from the bank totals over three-quarters of a million dollars. Later, when a local TV newscast reports that only $2,000 was stolen, Charley concludes that the bank's cover-up of the actual amount can only mean that they've stolen laundered Mafia cash. Thus, Charley and Harman realize their names may soon appear on a gangland hit list.
More details
| author | Dean Riesner |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Mexico |
| director | Don Siegel |
| editor | Frank Morriss |
| genre | action crime thriller |
| keywords | act aerial application bank manager booby trap burning car discover down on his luck kill land launder meet money laundering mourn stolen cash stolen money stunt pilot their way trailer park trap tv news wedding band wrecking yard young boy |
| musicBy | Lalo Schifrin |
| producer | Don Siegel |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | chase heist mafia neo-noir |