Charley Varrick (1973)
Excellent crime thriller from Dirty Harry's Don Siegel in which Walter Matthau stars as a small time crook who lands himself in deep shit when he mistakenly steals close to a million dollars from a back woods bank that belonged to the Mafia.
It's a beautifully paced affair with an exciting opening twenty minutes as Varrick and buddy Andy Robinson rob the bank before we get to the main plot as hitman Joe Don Baker is assigned the task by local Mafia boss John Vernon of recovering the money and killing the cunning Varrick.
Siegel directs the clever script with great verve and despite being made in the early seventies it still feels compelling and remarkably fresh to these new eyes almost fifty years later.
I watched this two nights running so smart and intricate was the storyline. Great film and a beautiful looking Blu-ray from Powerhouse Films.
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