Chi ucciderà Charley Varrick?

Titolo originale: Charley Varrick

1973
PG
1h 51min

VALUTAZIONE IMDb

7,5/10

14.764

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

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Heist Crime Drama Thriller

Un uomo, sua moglie e il loro amico inscenano una sanguinosa rapina in banca senza rendersi conto che stanno rubando alla mafia.Un uomo, sua moglie e il loro amico inscenano una sanguinosa rapina in banca senza rendersi conto che stanno rubando alla mafia.Un uomo, sua moglie e il loro amico inscenano una sanguinosa rapina in banca senza rendersi conto che stanno rubando alla mafia.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

7,5/10

14.764

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

Ha vinto 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 vittoria e 1 candidatura in totale

Quiz
Walter Matthau was not fond of this film. Don Siegel would later say that Matthau hurt this film's box office by publicly stating that he neither liked the film nor understood it.

Blooper
After Charley first lands the biplane, damage is visible on the lower tail. However, this is before the chase sequence with Molly when the damage is inflicted.

Citazioni
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.
Harman Sullivan: So?
Charley Varrick: So maybe that little bank was a drop, a collection point. Maybe all this was on its way out of the country.
Harman Sullivan: Fantastic! We lucked out!
Charley Varrick: More like crapped out. It's ten-to-one this stuff belongs to the Mafia. This is gambling money skimmed off the top, whore money, dope money.
Harman Sullivan: What's the difference?
Charley Varrick: The difference is the Mafia kills you, no trial, no judge. They never stop looking for you, not 'til you're dead. I'd rather have ten F.B.I.s after me.

Connessioni
Edited into You're Still Not Fooling Anybody (1997)

Colonne sonore
You Can Make a Memory Out of Me
Written by Lalo Schifrin and Paul Vance
Performed by Dee Dee Warwick

Recensioni degli utenti154

Recensione in evidenza

8/10

Slick, understated and intelligent.

Veteran small time crook Charley Varrick and his gang rob a small bank in the south west. Expecting modest takings, Charley is shocked to discover that the haul is $750,000. The catch is that the money belongs to the Mafia, who are soon on the trail of the robbers. Charley must devise a scheme to escape with his life, and hopefully the money as well.

This is a very pleasing piece of work all round. Directed with customery efficiency and style by Don Siegel, it twists and turns, always keeping you interested. Its helped by good casting. The ever watchable Walter Matthau effortlessly slips into the role of Varrick, Joe Don Baker is quite chilling as the ruthless hitman with impeccable manners and John Vernon extracts some sympathy as the Banker/Mafia man trying to smooth everything over. Add some pleasant locations and an intelligent script and the result is a very satisfying, if different '70s crime thriller.

As I watched this again last night on BBC1, I remembered that on its previous screening it was preceeded by an introduction by Mark Kermode. In it he commented on the fact that Matthau hated the film. After a second viewing I still can't imagine why.