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 Matthau hurt this film's box office by publicly stating that he did not like the film nor even understand 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)
Imagine their surprise when they discover what they've got is three quarters of a million dollars. It turns out the bank was a laundering operation for Syndicate money and they're not the forgiving kind even if he was so inclined to return the money.
Under Don Siegel's direction, Matthau turns in one of his best film performances as the wily bank robber who keeps a cool head in a very tricky situation. Matthau plays beautifully against Robinson who's everything Matthau's not in terms of brains and self control.
Matching Matthau is the syndicate cleanup man Joe Don Baker who's also a shrewd man with a very suspicious nature. That comes with the territory of Baker's job, still he's got a streak of meanness in him as well. Matthau and Baker are an evenly matched pair. What I especially love about Charley Varrick is how Matthau uses Baker's own suspicions against him in the end. Beautifully written and beautifully played.
If you liked the gritty realism of a film like The Asphalt Jungle you will definitely like Charley Varrick.
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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