The best Walter Matthau’s crime movies

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

01/10/1920- 01/07/2000
Today we present the best Walter Matthau’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Walter Matthau’s movies.

Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick
7.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 19/09/1973
  • Character: Charley Varrick
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.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
7.6/10
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

The Laughing Policeman

The Laughing Policeman
6.4/10
When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case.

Slaughter on 10th Avenue

Slaughter on 10th Avenue
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/09/1957
  • Character: Al Dahlke
A rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for exposing gangster involvement on the piers, and meets up with a "code of silence" amongst all potential witnesses.

Gangster Story

Gangster Story
4.7/10
Actor Walter Matthau directed his first and only feature film with the black-and-white crime drama Gangster Story. In an unusual noncomedic role, Matthau plays Jack Martin, a local gangster who wants to run his own crime syndicate in the neighborhood run by Earl Dawson (Bruce McFarlan). They eventually team up and plan a heist. Carol Grace plays the reform-minded girlfriend.

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