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The Getaway is a 1972 American action thriller film based on the 1958 novel by Jim Thompson. The film was directed by Sam Peckinpah, written by Walter Hill, and stars Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri and Sally Struthers.
- $3.3 million
- Quincy Jones
- December 13, 1972
Dec 16, 1972 · Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw star as a couple on the run after a botched bank robbery in Texas. Watch the trailer, see photos, read reviews and trivia, and learn about the plot and cast of this Sam Peckinpah film.
- (35K)
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Sam Peckinpah
- 1972-12-16
Feb 11, 1994 · Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger star as a couple who flee from danger after a heist goes wrong. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this 1994 remake of Sam Peckinpah's classic.
- (19K)
- Action, Adventure, Crime
- Roger Donaldson
- 1994-02-11
Feb 17, 2021 · Watch the 1972 action thriller film starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw as a couple of bank robbers on the run. The Getaway is based on the novel by Jim Thompson and directed by Sam Peckinpah.
- 123 min
- 14.3K
- Cmdr_Straker
The Getaway is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Roger Donaldson. The screenplay was written by Walter Hill and Amy Holden Jones, based on Jim Thompson 's 1958 novel of the same name. The film stars Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods and Jennifer Tilly.
Synopsis. Bank robber Carter "Doc" McCoy is paroled from a Texas state prison, somewhat to his surprise. His wife, Carol, has arranged for his parole by sleeping with the politically well connected but corrupt Jack Benyon. Doc is aware of her actions and it eats at him over the next several days.
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A movie review by Roger Ebert that criticizes the plot, the characters, and the style of Sam Peckinpah's "The Getaway" (1972), a crime thriller starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw. The review praises the train chase scene as a masterpiece, but finds the rest of the movie contrived and impersonal.
