A man, his wife and their friend stage a bloody bank robbery without realizing they are stealing from the Mob.A man, his wife and their friend stage a bloody bank robbery without realizing they are stealing from the Mob.A man, his wife and their friend stage a bloody bank robbery without realizing they are stealing from the Mob.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
- Harman Sullivan
- (as Andy Robinson)
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- TriviaWalter Matthau was not fond of this film. Don Siegel would later say that Matthau hurt this film's box office by publicly stating that he neither liked the film nor understood it.
- GoofsCharlie Varrick's business card is found by the police in one of the robber's abandoned cars, which leads to a dawn raid on his trailer, yet, no police are dispatched to Charlie's hangar and airstrip, to locate him or wait for his arrival.
- Quotes
Charley Varrick: You know what dirty money is? That's the kind of money you can't declare on your income tax. Well, when certain people get that kind of money, what they do is send it out of the country to invest, and when it comes back, it's clean.
Harman Sullivan: So?
Charley Varrick: So maybe that little bank was a drop, a collection point. Maybe all this was on its way out of the country.
Harman Sullivan: Fantastic! We lucked out!
Charley Varrick: More like crapped out. It's ten-to-one this stuff belongs to the Mafia. This is gambling money skimmed off the top, whore money, dope money.
Harman Sullivan: What's the difference?
Charley Varrick: The difference is the Mafia kills you, no trial, no judge. They never stop looking for you, not 'til you're dead. I'd rather have ten F.B.I.s after me.
- ConnectionsEdited into You're Still Not Fooling Anybody (1997)
This is a very pleasing piece of work all round. Directed with customery efficiency and style by Don Siegel, it twists and turns, always keeping you interested. Its helped by good casting. The ever watchable Walter Matthau effortlessly slips into the role of Varrick, Joe Don Baker is quite chilling as the ruthless hitman with impeccable manners and John Vernon extracts some sympathy as the Banker/Mafia man trying to smooth everything over. Add some pleasant locations and an intelligent script and the result is a very satisfying, if different '70s crime thriller.
As I watched this again last night on BBC1, I remembered that on its previous screening it was preceeded by an introduction by Mark Kermode. In it he commented on the fact that Matthau hated the film. After a second viewing I still can't imagine why.
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- Also known as
- Charley Varrick: The Last of the Independents
- Filming locations
- Genoa, Nevada, USA(Tres Cruces)
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- Gross worldwide
- $194
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1