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Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Mini-Ep #37: Charley Varrick and Alone In The Dark

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Starburns Audio

Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Comedy, Arts

4.83.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2015

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Each week, comedian Gilbert Gottfried and comedy writer Frank Santopadre share their appreciation of lesser-known films, underrated TV shows and hopelessly obscure character actors -- discussing, dissecting and (occasionally) defending their handpicked guilty pleasures and buried treasures. This week: Appreciating Don Siegel! Martin Landau busts out! And Walter Matthau meets the Scorpio Killer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Don't forget to follow us on our Facebook page. Gilbert got freed's amazing colossal podcast on Twitter at real Gilbert, ACP and on Instagram.

0:16.7

Gilbert pod freed PODFRID. You see it's kind of a pun on the last name and never mind.

0:46.7

Hi, this is Gilbert got freed and this is Gilbert and Frank's amazing obsession.

1:03.0

Hi, this is Gilbert got freed and one day I'll know the names of my co-host and the name of the show and I'll know how to pronounce my own name maybe.

1:20.4

But anyway, I am Gilbert got freed and this is Gilbert and Frank's amazing colossal obsession.

1:29.4

I'm not fair to you that the title should be so long. Yes, really should have been a shortage like mash.

1:36.4

You could just get very simply. So who wants to go first? You know, we just had Mr. Skin here on the show.

1:42.8

We're here at Frank not make post with the good graces of our friend Frank Verderosa.

1:47.8

So I'm sitting here and I'm thinking do I have a nude scene in one of my movies? I'll go first.

1:54.2

This first film and I have a little bit of trivia that goes with this film that I think you're going to like.

2:00.2

Director named Don Siegel. Oh, yes, I have a dirty Harry. That's right. And we haven't talked about him on the show.

2:06.8

He didn't made a lot of wonderful films escape from Alcatraz and cool kind of the killer is with Bert Lancaster, the shootest with John Wayne and then which I just bought for five bucks next door.

2:18.6

But you're going to love this. He also directed the Don Gordon episode of the Twilight Zone that you and I talked about the trading one. Yes, the one.

2:27.1

It's called the self improvement of Salvador Ross. Yes, yes. Don Gordon, as I always say, is someone I always get confused with John Saxon.

2:38.2

Right. John Saxons. I think they're both still with us actually. They are. Well, John Saxons alive. Maybe we should try him. I wonder if I'm maybe Don Gordon's gone.

2:46.8

Yeah, but he was in body snatchers. Oh, yeah. Right. Which Don Siegel also directed the original invasion of the body snatchers. But I knew you'd like that trivia. Yes, that's a very good.

2:56.5

And I have a little something for you at the end of this. But let's get to Don Siegel and a 1973 movie. One of his lesser known movies called Charlie Varick.

3:06.3

Oh, was was was this Walter MacThowell? Yes. I referenced it briefly when we were talking to Arty Lang at Carolines.

3:15.0

Well, Tim Matthew. I'm Charlie. That's pretty good. Charlie Varick. It's Matthew plays a crop duster in a washed up stunt pilot who decides to knock over a bank.

3:32.2

And he unwittingly steals mob money. Do you know this picture? Oh, I saw it years. It's very, very good.

3:42.0

And he doesn't realize he knocks over this this small bank in New Mexico having no idea that it's dirty money. It's laundered money.

3:52.1

And of course, now he has the mob on his tail and they hire a killer professional killer character Molly played by Joe Don Baker. Oh, yes, who's on his on his his trail.

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