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In Sam Peckinpah's version of Walter Hill's script, from Jim Thompson's novel, an ex-con and his wife go on the lam after a Texas bank heist. Denied parole after four well-behaved years, Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) sends his wife Carol (Ali MacGraw) to dirty politician Jack Benyon (Ben Johnson) to get him out of prison. Carol .. Read more
| Starring | Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers |
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| Director | Sam Peckinpah |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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In Sam Peckinpah's version of Walter Hill's script, from Jim Thompson's novel, an ex-con and his wife go on the lam after a Texas bank heist. Denied parole after four well-behaved years, Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) sends his wife Carol (Ali MacGraw) to dirty politician Jack Benyon (Ben Johnson) to get him out of prison. Carol secures Doc's freedom, on the condition that he does one more bank job for Benyon. Doc and his accomplices Rudy (Al Lettieri) and Jackson (Bo Hopkins) get the cash, but Doc soon discovers how Rudy intends to keep it all for himself and how Carol convinced Benyon to get him sprung. While Rudy hijacks a veterinarian and his wife (Sally Struthers) to take him to get Doc in El Paso, Doc and Carol make their own embattled way south with the money, threatening to desert each other before reaching a trash dump rapprochement after a harrowing garbage truck episode. All sides converge in El Paso for a shootout, but trust a happily married old-timer (Slim Pickens) to help Doc and Carol have a future. With violence shot in his trademark balletic style, Peckinpah does not hide the damage that Doc can do, whether to a cop car or an enemy. Still, as in such other morally relative outlaw movies as Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Peckinpah's western The Wild Bunch (1969), Doc may be a criminal and killer when necessary, but his and Carol's loyalty to each other elevates them above their crooked milieu. With its non-traditional traditional couple played by the then hot (and notoriously adulterous) stars McQueen and MacGraw, The Getaway was a substantial hit. It was lackadaisically remade with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger in 1994.~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens, Bo Hopkins |
|---|---|
| Director | Sam Peckinpah |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 58 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 58 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 58 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Cops & Robbers |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English HD DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, English |
| Released | Production year: 1972 To Rent: DVD: 25 Sep 1998 HD DVD: not available Blu-ray: 27 Aug 2007 HD DVD: 27 Aug 2007 |
An evident precursor to The Driver (Walter Hill scripted both, this one from Jim Thompson's novel). The major strength... read more on Time Out
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Peckinpah Classic
Though i was expecting a bloodier film, coming from the man who directed 'The Wild Bunch'.
Still, the film is a classic and Steve McQueen is ... read more »
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A must-see for McQueen devotees but not his best work.
Slow paced and moody McQueen teams up with decorative but rather wooden Ali MacGraw playing a husband and wife bank robbing duo on the run from both the law and... read more »
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The Love Story girl gets her top off. Sort of..
A huge hit on release this movie is driven by the uber-star quality of McQeen, with box office darling Ali M along for the ride, beautifully orchestrated by ... read more »
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A McQueen Classic.
A fairly old film but McQueen at his best, not as much violence as some Peckinpah film but gripping thriller nevertheless. The bonus is the lovely Ali McGraw, ... read more »