The Getaway
Summary:
In Sam Peckinpah's version of Walter Hill's script, from Jim Thompson's novel, an ex-con and his wife go on the lam after a Texas bank heist. Denied parole after four well-behaved years, Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) sends his wife Carol (Ali MacGraw) to dirty politician Jack Benyon (Ben Johnson) to get him out of prison. Carol secures Doc's freedom, on the condition that h... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Steve McQueen - (Doc McCoy)
Ali MacGraw - (Carol McCoy)
Ben Johnson - (Jack Benyon)
Sally Struthers - (Fran Clinton)
Al Lettieri - (Rudy)
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Review:
From the groundbreaking Wild Bunch to the fascinating Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Sam Peckinpah's list of achievements between 1969 and 1974 rivals that of any other American director of the time. In the middle of this watershed period was The Getaway, a film originally intended to be directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Ostensi... Continue >>
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