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The Getaway (1972) 7.5
A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry. Director:Sam Peckinpah |
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| Steve McQueen | ... | ||
| Ali MacGraw | ... | ||
| Ben Johnson | ... | ||
| Sally Struthers | ... | ||
| Al Lettieri | ... | ||
| Slim Pickens | ... | ||
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| Jack Dodson | ... | ||
| Dub Taylor | ... |
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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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They're Hot - McQueen/MacGraw See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
13 December 1972 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$3,352,254 (estimated)Gross:
$26,987,155 (USA)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Carter 'Doc' McCoy: Dillinger got killed.
Rudy Butler: Not in a bank.
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(uncredited)
Music by John Philip Sousa
Played during the parade
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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. See more »Goofs
When Carol and Doc open the station locker and they realize that the grifter has stolen their money, Doc's jacket momentarily disappears only to reappear shortly thereafter. 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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Soundtracks
"The Stars and Stripes Forever"(uncredited)
Music by John Philip Sousa
Played during the parade
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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.