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The Getaway
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Writers:
Walter Hill (screenplay)
Jim Thompson (novel)
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Release Date:
13 joulukuu 1972 (USA) more
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They're Hot - McQueen/MacGraw more
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A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win more
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A gritty action flick! more (116 total)

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122 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
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
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While Ali MacGraw appeared in this film, her husband Robert Evans was producing The Godfather (1972). Cast members Richard Bright and Al Lettieri appeared in both films. more
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Continuity: When Carol discovers in the train station that her locker key has been switched, she is holding the key for locker number 090. When she hands it to Doc and we see it shortly after, the locker number on the key is 249. more
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Carter 'Doc' McCoy: Punch it, Baby!
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17 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
A gritty action flick!, 5 helmikuu 1999
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Author: jv-5 from Los Angeles, CA

What more can be said of a movie directed by Sam Peckinpah? Blood...guts...guns...bad guys...pretty dames...a love story...piles and piles of cash. Yes sir, "The Getaway" is a fantastic action movie. And it's got the best film star of them all -- Steve McQueen. Don't get me wrong. This film isn't just a lot of shooting and killing. It's got a story. And it's got characters. (Two things you don't get much of these days.) So don't bother renting that tepid remake they did a few years ago...see the original and the best!

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