The Getaway (1972)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Escritores:

Walter Hill (screenplay)
Jim Thompson (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

13 diciembre 1972 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Crimen | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

They're Hot - McQueen/MacGraw

Plot:

A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.

Plot Keywords:

Heist | On The Run | Cuckold | Mask | Veterinarian

Premios:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Tough, Solid Crime Story

Reparto

Steve McQueen	...	Doc McCoy
Ali MacGraw	...	Carol McCoy
Ben Johnson	...	Jack Beynon
Sally Struthers	...	Fran Clinton
Al Lettieri	...	Rudy Butler
Slim Pickens	...	Cowboy
Richard Bright	...	The Thief
Jack Dodson	...	Harold Clinton
Dub Taylor	...	Laughlin
Bo Hopkins	...	Frank Jackson
Roy Jenson	...	Cully
John Bryson	...	The Accountant
Bill Hart	...	Swain
Tom Runyon	...	Hayhoe
Whitney Jones	...	The Soldier

También conocida como:

La fuga (Venezuela) [es]
La huida (Spain) [es]

Duración:

122 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

UK:18 (re-rating, uncut) | USA:PG (cut) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:16 | France:-12 | Norway:16 (cut) (1973) | Norway:18 (uncut) | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Germany:16 (re-rating) | Italy:VM14 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:18 (nf) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

El Paso, Texas, USA

Compañía:

First Artists

Trivialidades:

In the scene where Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw are standing outside the car and McQueen suddenly slaps her, the slap was unscripted, as can be seen by McGraw's shocked reaction.

Errores:

Continuidad: The grey mercury driven by carol at the drive-in hits at least one other car head on, yet in later scenes the nose is intact.

Citas:

[Talking about how Doc was sprung out of prison]
Carter 'Doc' McCoy: My old lady must've made you a lot of promises.
Jack Beynon: Close... I wouldn't feel...
[Carol shoots Jack]

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "The Cosby Show: The Getaway (#8.17)" (1992)

Tough, Solid Crime Story

I think I saw the 1994 re-make before I ever checked this movie out. The re- make being so sexual and violent I expected less of that stuff in here because it was made 20-some years earlier. Well, there was less sex but I think the violence might even have been heavier in this movie. This was a pretty rough film and it's interesting to note the "PG." Today, this would be rated at minimum PG-13.

Also, a contrast between the two films, language-wise: back then you'd hear a lot more usage of the Lord's name in vain; nowadays, the f-word is more popular. Good guy Steve McQueen in here never utters a bad word and is still a tough, no- nonsense kind of guy. The rest of the characters are the same. There are no "talk before I shoot" hokey scenes or people missing from point-blank range.

McQueen is great, as he usually was, and the rest of the cast is pretty interesting, too, from sleazy Sally Struthers (pre-"All In The Family") to Love Story's Ali McGraw to old-timers Ben Johnson and Slim Pickens. Al Letterei was also good in here. His name isn't familiar to me, but his face was.

With either this or the re-make, you get a solid crime-action story with "The Getaway."