Charley Varrick [Blu-ray]

Director: Don Siegel, Donald Siegel Don Siegel

Overview

In this compact, fast-paced action thriller, a bank robber really messes up when he and his avaricious young partner accidentally knock over a Mafia-controlled New Mexico bank. As a result, the two find themselves pursued by a cold-blooded hit man who will not stop until he gets his men.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/12/2019
UPC:	0738329233853
Original Release:	1973
Rating:	PG
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:51:00

Special Features

Refracted Personae: a Charley Varrick video essay by film historian Howard S. Berger; Last of the Independents: the making of Charley Varrick; Audio commentary by film historian Toby Roan; Trailers From Hell with Josh Olson and Howard Rodman; TV spots; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Walter Matthau	Actor,Boy
Joe Don Baker	Actor
Felicia Farr	Actor
Andrew Robinson	Actor
John Vernon	Maynard Boyle
Sheree North	Jewell Everett
Norman Fell	Mr. Garfinkle
Benson Fong	Honest John
Woodrow Parfrey	Howard Young
William Schallert	Sheriff Bill Horton
Jacqueline Scott	Nadine Varrick
Marjorie Bennett	Mrs. Taff
Rudy Diaz	Rudy Sanchez
Colby Chester	Steele
Charlie Briggs	Highway Deputy
Priscilla Garcia	Miss Ambar
Scott Hale	Mr. Scott
Hope Summers	Miss Vesta
Monica Lewis	Beverly
Jim Nolan	Clerk
Tom Tully	Tom
Albert Popwell	Randolph
Kathleen O'Malley	Jessie
Christina Hart	Jana
Al Dunlap	Taxi Driver
Virginia Wing	Chinese Hostess
Bob Steele	Bank Guard
Craig R. Baxley	Van Sickle
Don Siegel	Murph
Lalo Schifrin	Composer

Technical Credits

Howard Rodman

Dean Riesner

Don Siegel	Director,Producer,Director
Howard Rodman	Screenwriter
Dean Riesner	Screenwriter
Jennings Lang	Executive Producer
Waldon O. Watson	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Genre veteran Don Siegel made one of his more subversive choices when he cast the hangdog Walter Matthau as the cunning title character in 1973's caper flick Charley Varrick. It's almost as if Siegel were trying to deflate the type of mythic hero that he previously helped create in Dirty Harry, poking fun at the creation by presenting its slovenly alter ego. Audiences may have balked at Matthau as a captivating crook, but his sarcastic, laconic presence works well within the well-trod realm of action pictures: he doesn't have to work hard to be funny here; his mere presence gives the movie a lightness and vitality. Ultimately, Siegel uses Matthau to much the same effect as Robert Altman did with Elliott Gould in another great crime picture of 1973, The Long Goodbye: the sly, easygoing, benevolent nature of the lead performer makes the film's seemingly out-of-character violence all the more riveting.