"A gripping, realistic picture of the North Dakota Badlands in a time of bitter cold and blizzard when wolves prey on sheep. "The dog's fight to live and the boy's efforts to save and reclaim him are told with gripping suspense and realism." - A.L.A.
no one who takes it up will put it down willingly, nor soon to forget." - New York Herald Tribune ".a freshly exciting and absorbing story. "Set in teh sheep-raising country of North successfully combines a moving dog story with exciting adventure."- The New York Times But Dwight believes that Wolves are doing most of the slaughter, and he is determined to save the big mutt. A posse is sent out to track the outlaw down. To the ranchers, any dog that kills sheep is doomed. When he awoke, he was famished - and his nose led him to sheep. The big mutt slept out the storm in a coyote's den. When the storm broke, the Easterners were afraid of being snowed in for days in the car. That was when he first saw the magnificent big mutt who filled the back seat of a car from New York.
Originally a Junior Literary Guild Selection of the Westminster Press, it can now be found in the Macmillan Reading Spectrum for children.Ī blizzard threatened the North Dakota Badlands, and Dwight Jerome was herding his father's sheep across the road back to the ranch. CHARLEY VARRICK is one of his masterpieces.Received the NY Herald Tribune award for Best Children's Book, 1952. I think Don Siegel was a master at making crime movies, hands down. I could keep going on about this great cast. She reminds me of someone I know personally and she is a good writer and photographer. Sheree North the seen it all, been around the track a few times, photographer. Andrew Robinson could play an edgy out of control nutcase, as well as anybody. Jacqueline Scott was Charley’s wife and a good driver, as well as a lovely lady. Joe Don Baker, as Molly, was never better. This movie had, what seems like, the perfect casting of actors. Don Siegel brought in Dean Riesner, scripter of DIRTY HARRY(1971), to write the version, which became CHARLEY VARRICK. Reese was a Western novelist, who started in the Pulps in the 1930’s. Howard Rodman wrote the first screenplay, which was based on the novel THE LOOTERS(1968) by John Henry Reese. Toby, CHARLEY VARRICK has always been a favorite movie of mine ever since I first saw it back in the 1970’s.
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