On the surface this is a fast moving well made heist film. But if you look a little closer it is full of flaws. Number one standing out like a thumb is the terrible truly terrible acting of Ali McGraw. She is one terrific looking woman but as the member of a gang of bank robbers she does not have a single convincing moment. Ali delivers her lines like she is ordering tacos at a food court. Then there is the Sally Struthers character which brings up another point did Peckinpah ever write a decent woman character in his movies. The fact that she takes up with a man who was willing to murder her and her husband is totally unbelievable. The rest is a confusing jumble of mishaps with a not convincing -happy ending. McQueen would do much better in his next film Papillon.
Review of The Getaway
