Charley Varrick
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Charley Varrick

Duration:
111 min
Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.6
Director:
Don Siegel
Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination
Details
Country: USA
Filming Locations: Arlington Towers - 100 N. Arlington Avenue, Reno, Nevada, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Felicia Farr
Felicia Farr
Charley Varrick
Walter Matthau
Charley Varrick
Joe Don Baker
Molly
Andrew Robinson
Harman Sullivan
Sheree North
Jewell Everett
Norman Fell
Mr. Garfinkle
Benson Fong
Honest John
Woodrow Parfrey
Harold Young
William Schallert
San Miguel Sheriff Bill Horton
Jacqueline Scott
Nadine
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Taft
Rudy Diaz
Deputy Sanchez
Colby Chester
Deputy Steele
Charlie Briggs
Highway deputy
Priscilla Garcia
Miss Ambar
Scott Hale
Mr. Scott
Charles Matthau
Boy
Hope Summers
Mess Vesta
Monica Lewis
Beverly
James Nolan
Clerk (as Jim Nolan)
Tom Tully
Tom
Albert Popwell
Percy Randolph
Christina Hart
Jana
Craig R. Baxley
Van Sickle (as Craig Baxley)
Al Dunlap
Taxi driver
Virginia Wing
Chinese hostess
Don Siegel
Murphy (as Donald Siegel)
John Vernon
Maynard Boyle
Joe Conforte
Himself (uncredited)
Carol Daniels
Indian (uncredited)
Bob Steele
Bank Guard (uncredited)
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Trivia
The crop duster that Varrick (Walter Matthau) attempts to escape in at the end of the movie was destroyed in Oakdale, California on 31 December 1976 during a crop dusting operation. Upon starting a swath run the pilot of the BOEING A75N1 failed to see and avoid wires and crashed. The 33 year old pilot was killed.
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Charley's old mobile home was located near the home of well known Nevada artist Afton Frederick, who allowed the use of her home for some exterior shots. Her husband Cliff Frederick helped the crew with the night security of the old Varrick mobile home, because the roof of Varrick's home was fully removed for the ease of the camera and lighting work inside. The weather was extremely warm during the filming, which lasted seven weeks in the Dayton, Carson City, and Genoa, Nevada area.
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The film's working title was "The Last of the Independents". Director Don Siegel wanted this to be the final title of the movie but in the end it became a tagline on the movie's main poster. The phrase is also the motto of Walter Matthau's crop-dusting company in the film.
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Goofs
In the getaway chase after the bank robbery, you can hear the tires screeching even though it is on a dirt road.
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When Charley preflights his bi-plane to fly to Reno, he removes the front wheel chocks but the rear wheel chock is still visible as he mounts the cockpit, after which he revs up and taxis to the runway.
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During the chase scene between Baker's sedan and Matthau's bi-plane, the tires of the sedan 'screech' repeatedly as though they were running on pavement, while the terrain is sandy desert scrub.
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Quotes
Charley Varrick: You know what dirty money is? That's the kind of money you can't declare on your income tax. Well, when certain people get that kind of money, what they do is send it out of the country to invest, and when it comes back, it's clean.
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Jana: [Molly arrives at the whore house] These are the goodies. He says his name is Sally
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Molly: [Molly has just punched out an argumentative black man...
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Photos from cast
Felicia Farr Kathleen O'Malley
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