Director: Don Siegel

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joe Don Baker	Actor	12-Feb-1936		Walking Tall
Felicia Farr	Actor	4-Oct-1932		Kiss Me, Stupid
Norman Fell	Actor	24-Mar-1924	14-Dec-1998	Mr. Roper on Three's Company
Benson Fong	Actor	10-Oct-1916	1-Aug-1987	Flower Drum Song
Walter Matthau	Actor	1-Oct-1920	1-Jul-2000	Messy half of the Odd Couple
Sheree North	Actor	17-Jan-1933	4-Nov-2005	How to Be Very, Very Popular
Andrew Robinson	Actor	14-Feb-1942		Garak on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
William Schallert	Actor	6-Jul-1922		Martin Lane on The Patty Duke Show
Don Siegel	Film Director	26-Oct-1912	20-Apr-1991	Dirty Harry
John Vernon	Actor	24-Feb-1932	1-Feb-2005	Dean Wormer in Animal House

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 1-Aug-2005)

Charley Varrick (1973) is a classic hard boiled crime drama starring Walter Mathau as the title character. He's a "professional" who wants to do one last gig before he retires for good. During his last gig, his crew (including Andrew "Andy" Robinson) rob a podunk bank. But unknown to them, it's a drop off point for some real heavy gangsters. When the syndicate finds out they were robbed, they contact a local boss (John Vernon) who sends out one of his meanest dudes (Joe Don Baker) to sniff out the robbers. Directed by Don Siegal. A classic movie that inspired a famous line from Pulp Fiction. John Vernon tells the bank president that his employers will find out who did it and work them over with "a pair of pliers and a blow torch". It's was also cool to see Walter Matthau play an old school professional who doesn't play around and just wants to get the job done with a streak of bad ass attitude. Will the thugs find out who robbed them? What will happen when J.D. Baker and Walter face off? Check it out!

Review by anonymous (posted on 6-Jan-2007)

Also known as 'Who Killed Charley Varrick'. An entirely satisfying crime caper, and Matthau was never better. As the brains of a small-time petty crime group comprised of Matthau, his on-screen wife, and Andy Hamilton as a brash, unthinking third man, a bank job goes wrong when they find themselves in possession of a large amount of money belonging to the Maffia - and they want it back! Knowing that simply giving back is not an option (as the Maffia would need to make an example of him) and desperately trying to keep one step ahead of Maffia hitman Joe Don Baker (whose actions are co-ordinated by on-site Maffia man John Vernon), Matthau relies on his skills as a stunt pilot and - mainly - his wits to escape with both the money and his life. Excellence all-round from both the plot and the actors.

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