Episode 365: Charley Varrick (1973)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2018

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

Loosely based on the novel The Looters by John Reese, Don Siegel's Charley Varrick (1973) stars Walter Matthau as the titular Varrick, who, when he robs a backwater bank, accidentally gets embroiled with the mob.
Actor Andy Robinson discusses his career from playing Scorpio in Dirty Harry to Larry Cotton in Hellraiser to Garak in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Co-hosts Maurice Bursztynski and Heather Drain talk about the appeal of Walter Matthau and Joe Don Baker, the films of Don Siegel, and much more.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.6	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:09.0	Verrick?
0:11.0	You've seen Charlie Barry?
0:13.8	You're an interesting man, Mr. Varick.
0:16.5	Last of the independence.
0:22.7	You want to die for somebody else's money?
0:29.1	Half a million?
0:30.5	Could be.
0:31.4	Harold Young, Trace Cruz's bank manager,
0:33.3	is estimated that the bandits escaped
0:34.9	with less than $2,000.
0:36.6	Who are they kidding, us?
0:38.2	It's 10 to 1.
0:38.8	This stuff belongs to the mafia.
0:40.8	This is gambling money.
0:41.8	Skimmed off the top, the mafia kills you.
0:44.0	No trial, no judge.
0:45.2	You never stop looking for you, not till you're dead.
0:47.7	I'd rather have 10 FBI's after me.
0:50.3	One man against the mafia.
0:52.1	Bang, this little bank, a million miles from nowhere gets hit by four professionals.
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