The Getaway (1972)
The Getaway (1972)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Steve McQueen
Doc McCoy / Executive Producer
Ali MacGraw
Carol McCoy
Ben Johnson
Jack Beynon
Sally Struthers
Fran Clinton
Al Lettieri
Rudy Butler
Slim Pickens
Cowboy
Richard Bright
The Thief
Jack Dodson
Harold Clinton
Dub Taylor
Laughlin
Bo Hopkins
Frank Jackson
Roy Jenson
Cully
John Bryson
The Accountant
Bill Hart
Swain / Stunts
Tom Runyon
Hayhoe
Whitney Jones
The Soldier
Raymond King
Boy on Train
Ivan Thomas
Boy on Train
C.W. White
Boy's Mother
Brenda W. King
Boys' Mother
W. Dee Kutach
Parole Board Chairman
Brick Lowry
Parole Board Commissioner
Martin Colley
McCoy's Lawyer
O.S. Savage
Field Captain
Dick Crockett
Bank Guard / Stunts
A.L. Camp
Hardware Store Owner
Bob Veal
TV Show Proprietor
Bruce Bissonette
Sporting Goods Salesman
Maggie Gonzalez
Carhop
Jim Kannon
Cannon
Doug Dudley
Max
Stacy Newton
Stacy
Tommy Bush
Cowboy's Helper
Stephen Douglas Butler
Teen at Drive-Up-Diner (uncredited)
R.C. Keene
Beacon City Parade / Robbery Witness (uncredited)
Margaret Mazzola
Car Hop #1 (uncredited)
Hal Smith
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Tommy Splittgerber
Train Station Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Sam Peckinpah
Director
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
David Foster
Producer
Jim Thompson
Novel
Walter Hill
Screenplay
Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
Robert L. Wolfe
Editor
Angelo P. Graham
Art Direction
George R. Nelson
Set Decoration
Ted Haworth
Art Direction
Whitey Hughes
Stunts
Josef von Stroheim
Sound Editor
Michael Preece
Script Supervisor
Bud Hulburd
Special Effects
Warren Skaaren
Executive Producer
Newt Arnold
Assistant Director
Michael Colgan
Sound Editor
Patricia Mock
Casting Director
Al Fleming
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 20, 1972
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 3m
Content RatingPG
Budget$3,352,254
Box Office$36,734,619
Genres
Wiki.
The Getaway is a 1972 American action thriller film based on the 1958 novel by Jim Thompson. The film was directed by Sam Peckinpah, written by Walter Hill, and stars Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri and Sally Struthers. The plot follows imprisoned mastermind robber Carter "Doc" McCoy, whose wife Carol conspires for his release on the condition they rob a bank in Texas. A double-cross follows the crime, and the McCoys are forced to flee for Mexico with the police and criminals in hot pursuit.
Peter Bogdanovich, whose The Last Picture Show impressed McQueen and producer David Foster, was originally hired as the director of The Getaway. Thompson came on board to write the screenplay, but creative differences ensued between him and McQueen, and Thompson was subsequently fired, along with Bogdanovich. Writing and directing duties eventually went to Hill and Peckinpah, respectively. Principal photography commenced February 7, 1972, on location in Texas. The film reunited McQueen and Peckinpah, who had worked together on the relatively unprofitable Junior Bonner, released the same year.
The Getaway premiered December 13, 1972. Despite the negative reviews it received upon release, numerous retrospective critics give the film good reviews. A box-office hit earning over $36 million, it was the eighth highest-grossing film of 1972, and one of the most financially successful productions of Peckinpah's and McQueen's careers. A film remake of the same name starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger was released in 1994.