Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick

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  • Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action
  • Release Date: 1973-09-19
  • Runtime: 111 minutes
  • : 7.346
  • Production Company: Universal Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
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7.346/10
7.346
From 259 Ratings

Description

Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.

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Reviews

  • CinemaSerf

    7
    By CinemaSerf
    When a bank robbery goes wrong, “Charley” (Walter Matthau) and his friend “Harman” (Andrew Robinson) just about manage to escape with the loot, but along the way his wife “Nadine” (Jacqueline Scott) gets herself killed. These folks are meticulous at cleaning up after themselves and thinking they have eradicated all possible leads to them they return to his motor home. That’s where the next shock comes from. They’d expected a few thousand bucks. Instead, there is over $750,000 lying on the floor. “Charley” quite quickly assumes, correctly, that this isn’t legitimate money and they are in way more danger from the mob than from the feds. That turns out to be true as “Boyle” (John Vernon) hires their enforcer “Molly” (Joe Don Baker) to get their cash back and to suitably reward the felons who pinched it. With “Charley” now engaged in trying to get them to safety, he has to expose himself to some unsavoury characters to get passports and the like - and that’s what ultimately puts them in peril. What chance they can make it to safety - with or without the money? I preferred Matthau in his comedy roles, but he holds this together well as “Molly” gets ever closer and more nonchalantly violent with just about everyone he meets. It’s not often you get a denouement set in a junkyard with explosives and a crop duster but Don Siegel manages to build the tension nicely as we head to that almost comedic but action-packed conclusion.

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