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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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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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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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Carol Ainsley McCoy: Well I just wouldn't worry about that Doc, becasue I can always get you out, you know I can screw every prison official in Texas if I have to!
Carter 'Doc' McCoy: Texas is a big state.
Carol Ainsley McCoy: I can handle it.
Carter 'Doc' McCoy: Yeah, I bet you can.
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(uncredited)
Music by John Philip Sousa
Played during the parade
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Trivia
Actual marked police cars were used for two of the towns used for shooting. You can see "San Marcos Police Department" on two cars in the chases and crashes after the bank job, and "Sierra Blanca Police" on a car chasing Doc and Carol from the drive-in restaurant near El Paso. See more »Goofs
After the robbery, Doc and Carol's blue car plows through a neighboring porch. The windshield is clearly shattered by one of the broken porch columns. As soon as they are out of town, the blue car is immaculate. See more »Quotes
Carter 'Doc' McCoy: If you're trying to get me back in Huntsville, you're going about it the right way.Carol Ainsley McCoy: Well I just wouldn't worry about that Doc, becasue I can always get you out, you know I can screw every prison official in Texas if I have to!
Carter 'Doc' McCoy: Texas is a big state.
Carol Ainsley McCoy: I can handle it.
Carter 'Doc' McCoy: Yeah, I bet you can.
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Soundtracks
"The Stars and Stripes Forever"(uncredited)
Music by John Philip Sousa
Played during the parade
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I think I saw the 1994 re-make before I ever checked this movie out. The re- make being so sexual and violent I expected less of that stuff in here because it was made 20-some years earlier. Well, there was less sex but I think the violence might even have been heavier in this movie. This was a pretty rough film and it's interesting to note the "PG." Today, this would be rated at minimum PG-13.
Also, a contrast between the two films, language-wise: back then you'd hear a lot more usage of the Lord's name in vain; nowadays, the f-word is more popular. Good guy Steve McQueen in here never utters a bad word and is still a tough, no- nonsense kind of guy. The rest of the characters are the same. There are no "talk before I shoot" hokey scenes or people missing from point-blank range.
McQueen is great, as he usually was, and the rest of the cast is pretty interesting, too, from sleazy Sally Struthers (pre-"All In The Family") to Love Story's Ali McGraw to old-timers Ben Johnson and Slim Pickens. Al Letterei was also good in here. His name isn't familiar to me, but his face was.
With either this or the re-make, you get a solid crime-action story with "The Getaway."