The Getaway
It takes two to make it … The big two.
Rating: 7.2 out of 10TMDB(707 votes)
Overview
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
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Box office
Grossed $36.7M worldwide, about 11.0 times its $3.35M budget
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Based on
Based on the novel The Getaway
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Setting
Set in Houston and Texas
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Music
Music by Quincy Jones
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Lucien Ballard
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Walter HillScreenplay
- Jim ThompsonNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 13, 1972
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $3.4M
- Revenue
- $36.7M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Steve McQueenCarter "Doc" McCoy
Ali MacGrawCarol McCoy
Ben JohnsonJack Beynon
Sally StruthersFran Clinton
Al LettieriRudy Butler
Slim PickensCowboy
Richard BrightThe Thief
Jack DodsonHarold Clinton
Dub TaylorLaughlin
Bo HopkinsFrank Jackson
Roy JensonCully- John BrysonThe Accountant
Bill HartSwain- Tom RunyonHayhoe
- Whitney JonesThe Soldier
- Raymond KingBoy on Train
- Ivan ThomasBoy on Train
- C.W. WhiteBoy's Mother
- Brenda W. KingBoys' Mother
- W. Dee KutachParole Board Chairman
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