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13 December 1972 (USA) moreTagline:
They're Hot - McQueen/MacGraw morePlot:
A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win moreNewsDesk:
(13 articles)
Steve McQueen Tribute At Lincoln Center- Family And Colleagues Host Screenings (From CinemaRetro. 16 May 2009, 2:58 PM, PDT)
Scribe Hired for McQueen Biopic
(From CinemaSpy. 23 March 2009, 9:20 PM, PDT)
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Sam Peckinpah's Best Violence Ballet moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Steve McQueen | ... | Doc McCoy | |
| Ali MacGraw | ... | Carol McCoy | |
| Ben Johnson | ... | Jack Beynon | |
| Sally Struthers | ... | Fran Clinton | |
| Al Lettieri | ... | Rudy Butler | |
| Slim Pickens | ... | Cowboy | |
| Richard Bright | ... | The Thief | |
| Jack Dodson | ... | Harold Clinton | |
| Dub Taylor | ... | Laughlin | |
| Bo Hopkins | ... | Frank Jackson | |
| Roy Jenson | ... | Cully | |
| John Bryson | ... | The Accountant | |
| Bill Hart | ... | Swain | |
| Tom Runyon | ... | Hayhoe | |
| Whitney Jones | ... | The Soldier |
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Also Known As:
Guet-apens (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]Ein Mann explodiert (West Germany) [de]
Getaway (Greece) [el]
Getaway (West Germany) [de]
Getaway - rymmarna (Sweden) [sv]
Getaway - vild flugt (Denmark) [da]
Getaway, il rapinatore solitario (Italy) [it]
Ha-Briha (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Itan dyo fygades (Greece) (reissue title) [el]
La fuga (Venezuela) [es]
La fugida (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
La huida (Spain) [es]
Lovitura (Romania) [ro]
Os Implacáveis - Fuga Perigosa (Brazil) [pt]
Pakotie (Finland) [fi]
The Getaway - Ihre Chance ist gleich null (West Germany) [de]
Tiro de Escape (Portugal) [pt]
Ucieczka gangstera (Poland) [pl]
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122 minCountry:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
UK:18 (re-rating, uncut) | USA:PG (cut) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:16 | France:-12 | Norway:16 (cut) (1973) | Norway:18 (uncut) | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Germany:16 (re-rating) | Italy:VM14 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:18 (nf) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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In the scene where Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw are standing outside the car and McQueen suddenly slaps her, the slap was unscripted, as can be seen by McGraw's shocked reaction. moreGoofs:
Continuity: The grey mercury driven by carol at the drive-in hits at least one other car head on, yet in later scenes the nose is intact. moreQuotes:
[Talking about how Doc was sprung out of prison]Carter 'Doc' McCoy: My old lady must've made you a lot of promises.
Jack Beynon: Close... I wouldn't feel...
[Carol shoots Jack]
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Steve McQueen and Sam Peckinpah teamed to do two straight films, probably some of the best work in both of their careers. But the difference in a nice character study like Junior Bonner and a tough crime drama like The Getaway shows the versatility of both these remarkable men. The Getaway seems to take its inspiration from John Huston's classic, The Asphalt Jungle.
McQueen is a career criminal whose parole has once again been denied in the ten year stretch he's doing. Wife Ali McGraw submits to parole board chief Ben Johnson's sexual advances to spring McQueen.
But the corrupt Johnson isn't just about sexual harassment. He wants McQueen to rob a bank that his brother is a director, to cover a nice case of embezzlement. He even recruits another pair of criminals, Bo Hopkins and Al Lettieri as part of the gang.
Of course the plan goes wrong as a bank guard is killed and then Hopkins is killed in a double-cross by Lettieri who then fails to do the same to McQueen and McGraw. After that it's a three way race to the border between Johnson's men, Lettieri, and McQueen.
Al Lettieri is a talent that was lost to us way too soon. He played some of the best villains in the early seventies and this one is one of them. He kidnaps veterinarian Jack Dodson and his slut of a wife Sally Struthers. Soon she's more than willing to go and be his girl. Struthers has a great part, so far from being Gloria Bunker Stivic on All in the Family.
My favorite Sam Peckinpah moment in all of his films is that climax at Dub Taylor's flea bag hotel where all the forces meet and shoot up the place. It's Peckinpah's best violence ballet in all of his films, I never tire of seeing it.
The whole film was shot in Texas and I'm not sure how residents of Texas might like this picture of their state. It seems to be one very violent place and a very corrupt one as well.
But I like The Getaway very much, it's my favorite Sam Peckinpah film next to Ride the High Country.