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7.5/10   9,108 votes
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Writers:
Walter Hill (screenplay)
Jim Thompson (novel)
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Release Date:
13 December 1972 (USA) more
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Tagline:
They're Hot - McQueen/MacGraw more
Plot:
A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win more
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(19 articles)
User Comments:
Who needs Baldwin/Basinger when you've got McQueen/McGraw?? more (115 total)

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Additional Details

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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Runtime:
122 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
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:PG
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The film's original score was composed by frequent Sam Peckinpah collaborator Jerry Fielding, but was replaced, at Steve McQueen's insistence, with the lighter, jazzier film score by Quincy Jones, shortly before the film's release. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Carol discovers in the train station that her locker key has been switched, she is holding the key for locker number 090. When she hands it to Doc and we see it shortly after, the locker number on the key is 249. more
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Jack Beynon: You run the job, but I run the show. more
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30 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
Who needs Baldwin/Basinger when you've got McQueen/McGraw??, 1 January 1999
10/10
Author: chaz-18 from kansas

Steve McQueen was one of the most naturally talented actors to come along, and this movie, along with 'The Sand Pebbles', is one of my favorite McQueen movies. Ali McGraw is excellent (much better here, as compared to that sappy role she had in 'Love Story') as his on-screen wife, a team which is used to rob a bank but is double crossed by the insiders who stand to profit from the robbery. Sally Struthers even turns in a credible performance as someone exhibiting what will later be coined as the "Stockholm Syndrome", and the late Al Lettieri is great as one of their pursuers.

A far better movie than the 1994 remake.

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