The Getaway
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.
Plot
Four years into his ten-year sentence for armed robbery, Carter "Doc" McCoy is denied parole from a Texas prison. When his wife Carol visits him, he tells her to do whatever is necessary to make a deal to free him with Jack Beynon, a parole board member and corrupt businessman in San Antonio. Beynon facilitates Doc's parole on the condition that he plan and take part in a bank robbery with two henchmen, Rudy Butler and Frank Jackson. The robbery initially goes as planned, until Frank kills a security guard. Rudy then kills Frank in their car. At the designated meeting place, an old farmyard, Rudy tries to shoot Doc, but Doc anticipates Rudy's double-cross and shoots Rudy several times. Doc and Carol take the $500,000 (equivalent to $million in ) and flee. Rudy, having secretly worn a bulletproof vest, is only wounded.
More details
author | Walter Hill |
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contentLocation | Houston Texas |
director | Sam Peckinpah |
editor | Robert L. Wolfe |
genre | action crime thriller |
keywords | armed robbery bag of money bank robbery broadcast bulletproof vest con man confidence trick el paso fire escape injured kill meet parole board pickup truck police station run away safe house san antonio security guard tie up track down train station water gun wound |
musicBy | Quincy Jones |
producer | David Foster Mitchell Brower |
publisher | National General Pictures |
theme | chase heist neo-noir |