The Getaway

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The Getaway

film by Peckinpah [1972]

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Sam Peckinpah
Bloody Sam
…responded with the gritty thriller The Getaway (1972). Based on a novel by Jim Thompson, it starred McQueen as a prisoner who is paroled on the condition that he rob a bank, but, after being double-crossed, he goes on the run with his wife (Ali MacGraw). Superbly plotted and highly…
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…responded with the gritty thriller The Getaway (1972). Based on a novel by Jim Thompson, it starred McQueen as a prisoner who is paroled on the condition that he rob a bank, but, after being double-crossed, he goes on the run with his wife (Ali MacGraw). Superbly plotted and highly…
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Steve McQueen
In Sam Peckinpah’s The Getaway (1972), he costarred with Ali McGraw, who in 1973 became the second of his three wives; they divorced in 1978. Other films from this period included the well-received Papillon (1973) and the popular disaster movie The Towering Inferno (1974). However, McQueen did little…
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In Sam Peckinpah’s The Getaway (1972), he costarred with Ali McGraw, who in 1973 became the second of his three wives; they divorced in 1978. Other films from this period included the well-received Papillon (1973) and the popular disaster movie The Towering Inferno (1974). However, McQueen did little…
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