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Amputee Minor 
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TITLE |
Charley Varrick (1973) |
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DISABILITY |
Amputee
Wheelchair |
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NOTES |
The story
has probably been used before and certainly has |
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since. But
in Don Siegel's (Dirty Harry) hands this is a |
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competent,
enjoyable though flawed thriller. |
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At the start
of the film when the three members of gang are |
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going to rob
a bank. Charley (Matthau) is disguised as an old |
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man and to
make him appear even less threatening he has |
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The bank is
robbed but the cops are on the job and the |
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woman member
of the gang is shot. But soon they found |
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they've made
an even bigger mistake. They've stolen Mafia |
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money and
are pursued by gangsters as well as cops. |
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Varrick goes
to a gun dealer trying to find a contact who will |
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make them
false passports. The gun seller is in a wheelchair |
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and is a
left, below the knee amputee. |
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Andy
Robinson who is Varrick's violent sidekick later |
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appeared as
the killer in Dirty Harry. |
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A little
reflection on this film and you're left with a bad taste. |
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Because it's
on the side of the baddies. Charley Varrick, |
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contrasted
with his sidekick and the Mafia hit man, is a good |
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guy and
despite the killings comes out on top, and with a new |
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woman. So is
it O.K. to kill a cop and rob banks? |
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