Charley Varrick (Region B)

(Don Siegel, 1973)

Release date: 26 November 2018

Blu-ray Edition

Charley Varrick (Walter Matthau) is a former stunt-pilot who makes his living robbing small banks in the American Southwest. His latest heist sees him unwittingly steal from the local mafia, setting a psychotic hit-man on his trail and unleashing a maelstrom of violence and destruction.

Directed by the great Don Siegel (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dirty Harry), Charley Varrick is one of the best thrillers of the 70s: action-packed, memorably lurid and gleefully unsentimental

INDICATOR EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES:

High Definition remaster

Original mono audio

Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of Charley Varrick (2015, 75 mins): feature-length documentary containing interviews with actors Andy Robinson and Jacqueline Scott, stunt driver Craig R. Baxley and Siegels son, Kristoffer Tabori

The John Player Lecture with Don Siegel (1973, 75 mins): archival audio recording of an interview conducted at Londons National Film Theatre

The Guardian Lecture with Walter Matthau (1988, 89 mins): archival audio recording of an interview conducted by Tony Sloman at London’s National Film Theatre

Super 8 version (18 mins): original ‘Universal Eight’ cut-down home cinema presentation

Original theatrical trailer

Josh Olson and Howard Rodman trailer commentary (2013, 6 mins): a short critical appreciation

Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing