The Getaway
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 with Jack Beynon, a corrupt businessman in San Antonio, to free him. Beynon uses his influence and obtains Doc's parole on the condition that he plan and take part in a bank robbery with two of his henchmen, Rudy Butler and Frank Jackson. The robbery initially goes as planned, until Frank kills a security guard. Rudy then attempts a double-cross, shooting Frank in the groin as they drive away and kicking him out of their moving car, killing him. At their designated meeting place, Rudy tries to draw on Doc, but Doc anticipates Rudy's double-cross and shoots Rudy several times. Doc and Carol take the $500,000 and leave. Rudy, having secretly worn a bulletproof vest, is only wounded.
| MPAA Rating: | PG |
| Genre: | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Country: | United States |
| Produced By: | Mitchell Brower, David Foster, Gordon T. Dawson |
| Directed By: | Sam Peckinpah |
| Written By: | Jim Thompson, Walter Hill |
| Cast: | Dick Crockett, Ali MacGraw, John Bryson, Roy Jenson, Tom Runyon, Bo Hopkins, Sally Struthers, Ivan Thomas, Steve McQueen, W. Dee Kutach, Bill Hart, Richard Bright, Raymond King, Brenda W. King, Whitney Jones, A.L. Camp, Jack Dodson, Hal Smith, Tommy Bush, Al Lettieri, Stacy Newton, Dub Taylor, C.W. White, R.C. Keene, Tommy Splittgerber, Slim Pickens, Ben Johnson |
| In Theaters: | Dec 13, 1972 |
| Runtime: | 2 hours 2 minutes |
| Production: | First Artists, Foster-Brower Productions, Solar Productions, National General Pictures, Tatiana Films |
| Budget: | $3,352,254 |
| Box Office: | $26,987,155 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
