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Forrest, Conan Neutron, and Kristina Oakes are joined once again by Josh Olson to talk about Charley Varrick! Josh Olson is the Oscar Nominated screenwriter of "A History of Violence" and the co-host of Movies That Made Me with Joe Dante as well as the former co-host of West Wing Thing. Don Siegel's follow up to Dirty Harry just two years later Walter Matthau, of all people, stars as Charley Varrick.. a former stunt pilot and crop duster turned small time bank robber.. who robs a bank with his wife and his associate Harman (Andrew Robinson, from Dirty Harry) in a small town in New Mexico expecting $2,000-3000. The bank robbery goes horribly wrong and Charley and Harman soon realize they didn't just take a couple thousand but almost a million dollars of mafia money. Also starring John Vernon as bank president Maynard Boyle and Joe Don Baker as a hitman named Molly. Influencing everything from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul to Pulp Fiction to No Country For Old Men. #CharleyVarrick #WalterMatthau #DirtyHarry #clinteastwood #filmpodcast #moviepodcast #DonSiegel #josholson #westwing #westwingthing #historyofviolence #1973 #andrewrobinson #johnvernon #stuntplane #breakingbad #bettercallsaul #nocountryforoldmen #coenbrothers #live #vertical #verticallive #verticallivefeed #tarantinofilms #tarantino #pulpfiction #newmexico
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