The Getaway
Regissert av Sam PeckinpahA recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.
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- rgifford7719. januar 2026good action
- Djp29. august 2025No bad for a classic Steve McQueen movie
- matpe2310. august 2025Never boring!
- Dan S Turpin23. februar 2025The Getaway (1972) is a crime film that moves with the lean efficiency of a well-planned heist. Directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw, it is a thriller that values tension over excess, stripping its story down to the essentials: a man, a woman, a job gone wrong, and the long, desperate road to freedom. McQueen plays Doc McCoy, a convicted bank robber whose wife, Carol (MacGraw), strikes a deal with a corrupt businessman (Ben Johnson) to get him out of prison. The price: one more job. But things go bad fast. Betrayal is inevitable, trust is fragile, and soon Doc and Carol are on the run, making their way toward the Mexican border with a satchel full of stolen money and every crooked cop and double-crossed thug in Texas on their heels. Peckinpah, known for his violent, operatic Westerns, reins himself in here. The action is brutal but controlled, the gunfights quick and unsentimental. What lingers is not the bloodshed but the suspense—the feeling that Doc and Carol are always one step away from disaster. Their relationship, too, is on edge. Carol’s role in Doc’s release—and the compromises she made—hangs between them like an unspoken wound. McQueen, in one of his defining roles, barely needs dialogue. His performance is all precision and quiet calculation, a man who trusts no one and relies only on instinct. MacGraw, often criticized for being too reserved, plays Carol with a mixture of devotion and uncertainty. She’s not just along for the ride; she’s making choices, too, for better or worse. The film’s best moments are not just in the chases or the shootouts, but in the way Peckinpah lets silence speak. A glance between McQueen and MacGraw says more than any argument. A pause before pulling the trigger carries more weight than the shot itself. Even in motion, the film understands that what matters most is what is unspoken. The Getaway is not just about crime; it’s about survival, trust, and the fragile bond between two people running out of road. It is a thriller that wastes nothing, a film that moves with the same cold efficiency as the characters at its center. There are no heroes here, only those who make it out alive.
The Getaway-trivia
The Getaway ble utgitt 13. desember 1972.
The Getaway ble regissert av Sam Peckinpah.
The Getaway har en spilletid på 2t, 3m.
The Getaway ble produsert av David Foster, Mitchell Brower.
A recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.
Hovedpersonene i The Getaway er Carter "Doc" McCoy (Steve McQueen), Carol McCoy (Ali MacGraw), Jack Beynon (Ben Johnson).
The Getaway har aldersgrensen PG.
The Getaway er en Crime, Thriller, Action.
The Getaway har en publikumsvurdering på 8.1 av 10.
The Getaway hadde et budsjett på USD 3,4 mill..
The Getaway har tjent USD 36,7 mill. på kino.