Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Charley Varrick (1973)

Charley Varrick - (Original Trailer)

A band of small-time crooks accidentally steals the mob's money in Don Siegel's action-filled Charley Varrick (1973) starring Walter Matthau.

Charley Varrick (1973) -- (Movie Clip) I Did A Drunk Act

Walter Matthau (title character), whom we learn really is a crop duster and only a part time bank robber, escaping with employee Harman (Andy Robinson), their getaway car, containing Charley’s wife, who died in the robbery, rigged to blow up several miles back, in director Don Siegel’s Charley Varrick, 1973.

Charley Varrick (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Have An Account Here?

Ending of director Don Siegel’s credits in an idyllic New Mexico town (actually shot in Nevada), Walter Matthau the title character and Jacqueline Scott his companion, their purpose not revealed right away, in Charley Varrick, 1973, co-starring Joe Don Baker and Felicia Farr.

Charley Varrick (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Please Expedite

Following the title character (Walter Matthau) speculating that the money he stole might belong to the mob, we jump to Reno, meeting John Vernon as executive-type Boyle, Felicia Farr his assistant, and Joe Don Baker as “Molly,” linked by radio, in director Don Siegel’s Charley Varrick, 1973.

Charley Varrick (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Tall Husky Ugly Looking Bird

Junior-partner bank robber Harman (Andy Robinson) is drunk, back at the trailer park (run by Marjorie Bennett) while Walter Matthau (title character) has hidden the loot, and traveled to Albuquerque where he prevails on a gun seller (Tom Tully), referred by a deceased colleague, for help, in Charley Varrick, 1973.