Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick
Film poster
Directed byDon Siegel
Written by
Based onThe Looters (novel)
by John H. Reese
Produced byDon Siegel
Starring
CinematographyMichael C. Butler
Edited byFrank Morriss
Music byLalo Schifrin
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 19, 1973 (1973-10-19)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Charley Varrick (a.k.a.The Last of the Independents and Kill Charley Varrick) is a 1973 American neo-noir crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Walter Matthau, Andrew Robinson, Joe Don Baker and John Vernon. Charley Varrick is based on the novel The Looters by John H. Reese, and is the first of four consecutive films in which Matthau appeared that were not comedies (although his role in Earthquake is comedic).