Charley Varrick


Charley Varrick aka The Last of the Independents and Kill Charley Varrick is a 1973 crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Walter Matthau, Andrew Robinson, Joe Don Baker and John Vernon. The film was based on the novel The Looters by John H. Reese.

Realizing that Sullivans rashness endangers both of them, Varrick decides to doublecross him before Sullivan can do likewise. He puts in a rush order for fake passports with Jewell Everett Sheree North, a pretty photographer. She promptly betrays Varrick and puts Molly on his trail. The sadistic Molly turns up at Varricks trailer, brutally beats Sullivan, then kills him while attempting to determine Varricks whereabouts.Boyle tells bank manager Harold Young Woodrow Parfrey that his superiors in the Mob suspect that the robbery was an inside job, as Varricks gang pulled the heist during a brief period when the money would be there. Boyle asks why Young unwittingly guided Varrick to the Mafias money in the banks safe instead of letting him leave with just the tellers money. He suggests that Young will be tortured with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch. The meek Young is so terrified that he commits suicide. ........

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