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The Getaway

- It takes two to make it … The big two.

A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

Release Date : 1972-12-13

Language :EnglishSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Foster-Brower ProductionsFirst ArtistsSolar ProductionsNational General PicturesTatiana Films

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Carter "Doc" McCoy

Original Name : Steve McQueen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carol McCoy

Original Name : Ali MacGraw

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jack Beynon

Original Name : Ben Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fran Clinton

Original Name : Sally Struthers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rudy Butler

Original Name : Al Lettieri

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cowboy

Original Name : Slim Pickens

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Thief

Original Name : Richard Bright

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harold Clinton

Original Name : Jack Dodson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Laughlin

Original Name : Dub Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank Jackson

Original Name : Bo Hopkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cully

Original Name : Roy Jenson

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Accountant

Original Name : John Bryson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Swain

Original Name : Bill Hart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hayhoe

Original Name : Tom Runyon

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Soldier

Original Name : Whitney Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy on Train

Original Name : Raymond King

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy on Train

Original Name : Ivan Thomas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy's Mother

Original Name : C.W. White

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boys' Mother

Original Name : Brenda W. King

Gender : Male

Character Name : Parole Board Chairman

Original Name : W. Dee Kutach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Parole Board Commissioner

Original Name : Brick Lowry

Gender : Male

Character Name : McCoy's Lawyer

Original Name : Martin Colley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Field Captain

Original Name : O.S. Savage

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bank Guard

Original Name : Dick Crockett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hardware Store Owner

Original Name : A.L. Camp

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Shop Proprietor

Original Name : Bob Veal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sporting Goods Salesman

Original Name : Bruce Bissonette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carhop

Original Name : Maggie Gonzalez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cannon

Original Name : Jim Kannon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Max

Original Name : Doug Dudley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stacy

Original Name : Stacy Newton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cowboy's Helper

Original Name : Tommy Bush

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teen at Drive-Up-Diner (uncredited)

Original Name : Stephen Douglas Butler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beacon City Parade / Robbery Witness (uncredited)

Original Name : R.C. Keene

Gender : Male

Character Name : Car Hop #1 (uncredited)

Original Name : Margaret Mazzola

Gender : Female

Character Name : Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Hal Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Station Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Original Name : Tommy Splittgerber

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2024-09-27

**_Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw and others chasing a bag of cash in Texas_** A prisoner in Huntsville (McQueen) is released early due to his wife (MacGraw) making a deal with a corrupt official (Ben Johnson). The cost of his freedom is to head a bank heist in San Marcos with the officer’s questionable henchmen (Al Lettieri and Bo Hopkins). O, what a tangled web we weave. “The Getaway” (1972) is a crime thriller written by Walter Hill based on Jim Thompson’s book and was director Sam Peckinpah’s second most successful film at the box office, after “Convoy” six years later. It was remade in 1994 with Alec Baldwin and influenced soon-to-come movies like “The Outfit,” "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry," "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" and “The Gauntlet,” as well as later ones like “No Country for Old Men.” If you like those flicks, you’ll appreciate this one, although it ranks with the least of ’em IMHO. Why? Because the bank job is unnecessarily convoluted, not to mention expensive, with the myriad pre-caper photographs, a cliched last-minute briefing session in a basement, severing electrical cables in the sewer tunnels and even diversionary explosions. Why Sure! Then there’s the curious train station sequence with a convenient con man that’s inserted into the midsection, which I admit is entertaining in a Hitchcockian way. Lastly, despite some amusing bits, the proceedings are shrouded by a pessimistic and ugly perspective. I get that the protagonists are antiheroes, but the film needed more glimmerings of nobility and love, and less murderous venality. “Pulp Fiction” is a good example. Ali looks good on the feminine front and is, thankfully, way less annoying than her character in “Love Story.” Blonde Sally Struthers eventually appears and never looked better at 23 during shooting, but her character is a ditzy turnoff. McQueen would marry costar MacGraw seven months after the movie’s release, but their marriage would only last five years. It runs 2 hours, 2 minutes, and was shot entirely in Texas at Huntsville (prison), San Marcos (bank robbery), San Antonio (train station), Fabens (city street confrontation) and El Paso (Laughlin Hotel). GRADE: B-/C+