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Overview

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7.5/10   8,468 votes
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Director:
Sam Peckinpah
Writers:
Walter Hill (screenplay)
Jim Thompson (novel)
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Release Date:
13 December 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Thriller more
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
User Comments:
A gritty action flick! more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
122 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
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
Filming Locations:
El Paso, Texas, USA more
Company:
First Artists more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Steve McQueen's semi-automatic handgun is a Colt M1911A1. more
Goofs:
Continuity: 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. more
Quotes:
[repeated line]
Carter 'Doc' McCoy: Punch it, Baby!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Edge of Outside (2006) more

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16 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
A gritty action flick!, 5 February 1999
10/10
Author: jv-5 from Los Angeles, CA

What more can be said of a movie directed by Sam Peckinpah? Blood...guts...guns...bad guys...pretty dames...a love story...piles and piles of cash. Yes sir, "The Getaway" is a fantastic action movie. And it's got the best film star of them all -- Steve McQueen. Don't get me wrong. This film isn't just a lot of shooting and killing. It's got a story. And it's got characters. (Two things you don't get much of these days.) So don't bother renting that tepid remake they did a few years ago...see the original and the best!

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