The Getaway (1972)
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 122m
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Bo Hopkins
Synopsis:
A bank robber gets out of jail to do a job and must contend with double-crossing associates and a wife who has been cheating on him with one of them.
Review:
Explosive chase/heist thriller, one of its director's best in any genre, with a charismatic lead and some bravura editing. A spectacular film, where even the relationships are transmitted via minute visual touches rather than dialogue (McCoy pulling his wife's skirt over her knee in the middle of a garbage dump). Both Roger Spottiswoode (who directed the remake) and Walter Hill (who made 48 Hrs) had a hand.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 122m
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Bo Hopkins
Synopsis:
A bank robber gets out of jail to do a job and must contend with double-crossing associates and a wife who has been cheating on him with one of them.
Review:
Explosive chase/heist thriller, one of its director's best in any genre, with a charismatic lead and some bravura editing. A spectacular film, where even the relationships are transmitted via minute visual touches rather than dialogue (McCoy pulling his wife's skirt over her knee in the middle of a garbage dump). Both Roger Spottiswoode (who directed the remake) and Walter Hill (who made 48 Hrs) had a hand.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 122m
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Bo Hopkins
Synopsis:
A bank robber gets out of jail to do a job and must contend with double-crossing associates and a wife who has been cheating on him with one of them.
Review:
Explosive chase/heist thriller, one of its director's best in any genre, with a charismatic lead and some bravura editing. A spectacular film, where even the relationships are transmitted via minute visual touches rather than dialogue (McCoy pulling his wife's skirt over her knee in the middle of a garbage dump). Both Roger Spottiswoode (who directed the remake) and Walter Hill (who made 48 Hrs) had a hand.