The Getaway (1972)

Cast

Steve McQueen
as Doc McCoy
Ali MacGraw
as Carol McCoy
Sally Struthers
as Fran Clinton
Al Lettieri
as Rudy Butler

Get more information about The Getaway (1972) on IMDb

Genres & Description

Action Crime Drama Thriller

7.5 / 10

Carter "Doc" McCoy is a career robber, currently in his fourth year of a ten year prison sentence at the Texas State Penitentiary. After his request for parole is denied despite he being a model prisoner, Doc, unable emotionally to endure life inside, asks his loving wife Carol McCoy to contact crooked businessman Jack Beynon, a man with political connections, to secure his release in return for he being "for sale" to Beynon. Beynon is able to get Doc released, the sale price being for Doc to plan and execute a robbery at a small bank branch in Beacon City, Texas where Beynon knows that $750,000 will be kept in the vault for the next two weeks. Rather than Doc using his own men for the job, Beynon directs that the only other people involved will be the men of his own choosing, Rudy and Frank. There are to be no casualties, which is all right with Doc who is not a murderer. After the robbery is completed and the monies divvied up accordingly, Doc and Carol will cross the border into ...

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Comments on this trailer
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M.khalid Yaseen

steve !!! the prisoner no body could control........the best - @Thursday, June 29, 2017 12:13 PM

James Matthews

From Pauline Kael's review of THE GETAWAY in THE NEW YORKER: "The last time I saw Candice Bergen in a movie I thought she was a worse actress than Ali McGraw. But now I've changed my mind!" - @Wednesday, January 25, 2017 7:13 AM

masa sin

日本なら、高倉健さん、米国ならこの方が好きです。 - @Wednesday, February 3, 2016 7:45 AM

Cedric Lopost

my favorite movie ever...action, adrenaline and beautifull women :) - @Wednesday, September 16, 2015 5:32 PM

Business Group

Ali MacGraw is beautifull...love her in this movie, love her in "Love Story" too - @Wednesday, September 16, 2015 8:53 AM

Cathy Perez

I''ve seen this movie a thousand times! I like it a lot!! - @Wednesday, September 16, 2015 7:09 AM

Thiery Winter

great book, great movie and even better actor! I want to see the movie over and over again - @Tuesday, September 15, 2015 12:23 PM

Helen Adams

Steve McQueen- the best actor ever.Love him in this movies and I loved him in Papilon too!! - @Tuesday, September 15, 2015 10:48 AM

Savy Tomisch

your video is like a remeber for me, old movies with great scenes and actors, thanks so much - @Monday, September 14, 2015 5:34 PM

Budgie Bird

this is an amazing movie, good scenes and sund, really glad to see it again - @Monday, September 14, 2015 12:45 PM

Ionut Bordeianu

Hy, I know that this is an original story, a great movie for long time - @Monday, September 14, 2015 10:34 AM

tony montana

The moments to live by god bless sam peckinpach I wish to live in Amrerica but i do not shit happens - @Saturday, December 20, 2014 11:36 PM

phoenixtimes2

The way movies should be today and are NOT...(sadly) - @Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:05 AM

Eli Johnson

I bought this movie today! - @Tuesday, December 10, 2013 3:39 AM

American Pancake

The characters in Jim Thompson stories are never "good guys" as some say here. They are usually flawed people committing crimes and such but we do get engaged in their lives. Just like Breaking Bad or Ray Donovan, these early movies that stemmed out of Pulp Fiction books set down the template for so many shows today. Great movie and I am f'ing pissed that this new "Getaway" movie would take the title from this classic. - @Friday, August 30, 2013 7:41 PM

KutWrite

Was this the real trailer? Seems too long and not constructed right, gives away a few spoilers, plus no VO to get people excited. Nice to watch, though. - @Friday, August 30, 2013 3:16 AM

KutWrite

Hmm... "Doc" slaps Carol once or twice, that's not beating the shit out of her, though, yeah, it's unnerving and they wouldn't show it today. Plus, when is Doc (or Steve) racist or anti-homosexual? But yes, again, Doc is an anti-hero, so he plays against the "good guy" stereotype. I've probably seen this movie 20x and still love watching clips. - @Friday, August 30, 2013 3:15 AM

terence mcqueen

what Hollywood needs now is an unknown like me, i am anti political correctness, anti anti smokers/drinkers, edgy, not beautiful, rugged, hard drinking, artistic, moody (in a good way), melancholy, bitter and likes regular folk no bullshit kinda guy. - @Monday, March 25, 2013 12:04 AM

OsmondsCrazyHorses

Please tell me you're joking! They couldn't possibly remake a Steve McQueen film with Selena Gomez. - @Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:39 AM

Sam

I saw this movie in 72 with my uncle as i remembered it was a great movie, that and bullitt - @Saturday, March 16, 2013 2:32 AM

Mark Muffs

this movie was so awesome indeed. I'm glad they got away with it! McCoy only killed the bad guys and destroyed police cars, not innocent bystanders. And what a driver he had in her. "PUNCH IT BABY!!" he would say. Its hard to believe it will be 40 years in December when I first saw this movie. I miss the 70s too. - @Friday, October 19, 2012 12:42 AM

John Rambo

selena gomez sucks hard, shitty actress - @Wednesday, September 5, 2012 5:24 PM

Juca XPTO

Sam Peckinpah and McQueen together... 110 per cent movie !!!!!!! - @Monday, September 3, 2012 12:15 AM

malcolmscotty1

i thought 90's had a decent amount of good movies - @Thursday, August 30, 2012 12:03 AM

blackandtanful

ﾍﾟｷﾝﾊﾟｰ･ヴｧｲｵﾚﾝｽ娯楽#eiga の傑作"ｹﾞｯﾀｳｪｲ"(名ｼｰﾝ)哀愁のﾄゥｰﾂ･ｼｰﾙﾏﾝｽﾞのﾊｰﾓﾆｶ By きめ細やかｸｳｨﾝｼｰ･ｼﾞｮｰﾝｽﾞのｽｺｱ - @Monday, July 2, 2012 3:06 PM

PMiddy001

More happens in the head credit sequence to the '94 Getaway than what happens on the last reel of a Bond movie and the actors can actually act naturally (not looking like they've remembered their lines from rehearsing the day before) - @Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:50 PM

PMiddy001

Dated crap. The general public need to wake up and admit that the remake is in a different and much higher league altogether. Seems like people are stuck in a time loop where these titles are always acclaimed. These people prefer Godfather to Goodfellas, Exorcist to Drag me to Hell and Bullet to Short time (which was actually a comedy and the car chase beats Bullet hands down!) WAKE UP! - @Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:47 PM

joseph machol

this is one of my favorite mcqueen films and sam peckinpaugh is one of my favorite directors.this movie is great and you can see why mcqueen is the king of cool.during filming mcqueen was having an affair with his co-star ali mcgraw who was married to one of the producers of this film.that's how cool he was. - @Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:37 PM

Jackalope Films

I picked up a copy of this movie at walmart about two weeks ago... best five bucks I ever spent. - @Saturday, January 21, 2012 6:07 PM

micz miczhoho

love story is the best - @Saturday, January 21, 2012 1:43 AM

micz miczhoho

old movies are far better thn movies of present.. - @Saturday, January 21, 2012 1:42 AM

grogmaninteractive

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiet! 3:40 - @Sunday, December 25, 2011 8:16 PM

Ian Paul Garland

Not a CG in sight! - @Friday, December 16, 2011 5:13 PM

snoops71

@LazyGigolo It was cut that way to depict prison life. It kept growing back so fast, they had to keep cutting it til they were done with all those scenes. - @Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:09 AM

snoops71

@BlistardPussy Check Amazon. That's where I got my copy. - @Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:05 AM

BlistardPussy

I would really like to see this original version of The Getaway, I've had no luck finding a copy of it anywhere. Steve McQueens movie's were always Great to watch. - @Thursday, September 29, 2011 4:19 AM

Pfletch83

Ali MacGraw was freaking hot - @Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:53 AM

dan marva

the 70´s got the best action movies ever - @Saturday, August 20, 2011 11:34 PM

codename617

looks awesome!! I'll give it a try. GOtta see more McQueen. - @Friday, July 15, 2011 3:59 AM

Brian Allan

@Tigerlily21 Yes, but what a fox. - @Sunday, June 26, 2011 1:36 AM

fernmann7

@weathered79 Well he drives a mean Mustang in Bullitt. The chase is on YouTube. - @Saturday, June 11, 2011 2:56 AM

gillan5

The couple itself is boring. Interesting is how all the people in this movie accept violence as a natural thing: the salesman who sells the shotgun as a rouine thing, the old guy who is only interested if they are married or not etc. etc. . This was, is and always will be a violent country thanks to the ridiculous gun laws the USA has. So nothing to worry about as long as they only kill their own people like Presidents etc. - @Wednesday, March 23, 2011 11:16 PM

Brian Allan

It was a great movie. When it was on AMC, I watched it over and over; I never got tired of it. Ali McGraw, throwing over her privileged place as Mrs. Evans (the producer), it's all on film. There is nothing hotter on film, maybe Beatty and Annette Bening on Bugsy. - @Friday, February 11, 2011 5:17 AM

IOANNA333

today maybe movies sucks but trailers rocks!!! - @Sunday, January 16, 2011 1:20 PM

Andrew Kear

There is nobody today that can edit and compose action scenes like Peckinpah. Even when McQueen’s shoots the car outside the gun store it is made to look intense. There is not an action star today that can hold a candle to McQueen. He left us too early. The Europeans had their renaissance 500 years ago. America had its artistic renaissance with films from the late 60s to the mid 70s. - @Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:52 AM

ArseneWenger

@drumdude46 I hear your pain. Oddly, your description of American life was what influenced me to come here to begin with. The wild outdoors and opportunity. Yes, life is very tough now. But coming from a guy who has lived in other countries, we got it good here compared to a lotta places. I sincerely hope things get better for you. I saw the Getaway on tv in the late 70's when living in London. Couldn't understand my mom's fetish for McQueen. She said he had this personality more than looks. - @Wednesday, November 3, 2010 10:31 PM

olds1978

@drumdude46 You are so damn right my friend...shit times know....want back to teh 70ths - @Thursday, October 21, 2010 2:30 AM

PearlJammer07

I have not seen this movie. I have seen Bullitt and loved that movie. Car chase movies of the 70's were bad ass. These days car chases are just too over the top.If you like video game reviews,music reviews,and electronics check out my channel. - @Friday, October 8, 2010 11:20 PM

jennifersman

@drumdude46 Hey, I'm with you man, I'll even drive - @Friday, October 1, 2010 1:08 AM

desertsun100

The greatest movie of all time!! Steve Mcqueen is the baddest actor of all time! - @Tuesday, September 28, 2010 7:14 PM