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Name: The Getaway
Released: 1972-12-13
Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri

The Getaway

R
2h 2m
1972

83%

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Steve McQueen stars as "Doc" McCoy--a convict who makes a deal to split his hidden loot with a corrupt politician in exchange for early release from prison--in this fast-paced tale of greed and betrayal. Once free, McCoy tries to uphold his part of the agreement, but he quickly learns there is no one he can trust as he tries to get to the Mexican border alive.

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Producer:

David Foster, Mitchell Brower

Writer:

Walter Hill, Jim Thompson

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

83%

Critics Consensus: The Getaway sees Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen, the kings of violence and cool, working at full throttle.

Reviews

Vague Visages

Justine Smith

Measured against the earlier reunion after Doc leaves prison and the two make love in a lake and retire to a small room, this violence seems all the more horrifying...

This is the most completely commercial film Peckinpah has made, and his self-parasitism gives one forebodings of emptiness... The Getaway is long and dull and has no reverberations except of other movies, mostly by Peckinpah.

There ends up being enough good ingredients to make for a tasty crime thriller. Perhaps not as good as it could have been, but tasty nonetheless.

It's fast, furious, full of shoot-outs and car chases, lovely little side-forays into suspense and irony, and tidbits of genuine humor.

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