Charley Varrick (1973)
Directed by Don Siegel · Cinematography by Michael C. Butler
PG111 min59 frames
CrimeThrillerDramaAction
When he runs out of dumb luck, he always has genius to fall back on!
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What is Charley Varrick about?
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.
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What does the cinematography of Charley Varrick look like?
Across 59 sampled frames, Charley Varrick builds its coverage from wide compositions (41% of the sample), with medium shots (31%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Michael C. Butler keeps 66% of it in naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 63% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1970s.
What is the color palette of Charley Varrick?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Charley Varrick (1973) are #34302b, #d4d1c8, #56534f, #4b3930, #938770, #cbb091 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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