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To their surprise, Charley Varrick (Walter Matthau) and his accomplices hit a small-town bank which is holding around a quarter-of-a-million dollars in cash. The catch? It's laundered mafia money waiting to be picked-up and the mob sends a brutal, businesslike hitman (Joe Don Baker) after Varrick and his surviving associate (Andy Robinson) once their whereabouts become known. Varrick, afraid that his mentally-challenged colleague will give them away by going on a spending spree, hides the money. When the hitman tracks them down, he beats Varrick's colleague to death when he is unable to "persuade" him to reveal the money's location (which he doesn't know). Varrick, fighting for his life, turns out to be so resourceful that you may wonder why he's only a small-time hoodlum. Not a film for the skeptical, but a fast-moving suspense thriller that never lets up, however far-fetched it may seem. Terrific performances by Matthau and Robinson and Baker is memorable as the cool, efficient brute who doesn't waste time on subtlety.
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