The Getaway (1972)

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122 min - Action | Crime | Thriller - 13 December 1972 (USA)

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Reviews: 119 user | 50 critic

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

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Writers:

Walter Hill (screenplay), Jim Thompson (novel)

Stars:

Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw and Ben Johnson

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Cast

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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Storyline

Doc McCoy has been granted parole. The catch is that Sheriff Beynon expects a small favor from McCoy for his generosity: robbing another bank! Beynon does not really intend to let McCoy walk away after the heist and neither does co-robber Rudy Butler, but stopping Doc proves a trifle difficult. Written by Stefan Kahrs <smk@dcs.ed.ac.uk>

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

13 December 1972 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Guet-apens See more »

Filming Locations:

El Paso, Texas, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$3,352,254 (estimated)

Gross:

$36,734,619 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

First Artists, Solar Productions, Foster-Brower Productions See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

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Trivia

For this film, Ali MacGraw learned how to fire a gun and drive a car. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Doc finds he can't shoot Rudy after knocking him out in the hotel, he unloads the gun and drops it next him. Later on during the shootout Rudy awakens, grabs his gun, and flips the empty cylinder shut without reloading it. But when he comes out the window to shoot at Doc, his gun is miraculously reloaded. See more »

Quotes

Rudy Butler: That's a walk-in bank. You don't have to be Dillinger for this one.
Carter 'Doc' McCoy: Dillinger got killed.
Rudy Butler: Not in a bank.
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Referenced in O Cheiro do Ralo (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Stars and Stripes Forever"
(uncredited)
Music by John Philip Sousa
Played during the parade See more »

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