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The Getaway
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( Action / Crime / Thriller )


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MPAA Rating:
PG

US Runtime: 123 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 13, 1972   [USA]
 
Director: Sam Peckinpah   [Director]
 
Writer: Walter Hill   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Mitchell Brower   [Producer]
Gordon T. Dawson   [Associate Producer]
David Foster   [Producer]
Steve McQueen   [Executive Producer]
Warren Skaaren   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Lucien Ballard   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Robert L. Wolfe   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Quincy Jones   [Original Music Composer]
 
Casting by Patricia Mock   [Casting Director]
 
Production Companys: First Artists   (US)
Foster-Brower Productions
National General Pictures
Solar Productions
Tatiana Films
 


Plot Summary:

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

Cast:

Steve McQueen
Carter "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
Raymond King
Boy on Train
 
Ivan Thomas
Boy on Train
C.W. White
Boy's Mother
Brenda W. King
Boys' Mother
W. Dee Kutach
Parole Board Chairman
Brick Lowry
Parole Board Commissioner
Martin Colley
McCoy's Lawyer
O.S. Savage
Field Captain
Dick Crockett
Bank Guard
A.L. Camp
Hardware Store Owner
Bob Veal
TV Shop Proprietor
Bruce Bissonette
Sporting Goods Salesman
Maggie Gonzalez
Carhop
Jim Kannon
Cannon
Doug Dudley
Max
Stacy Newton
Stacy
Tommy Bush
Cowboy's Helper
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Stephen Douglas Butler
Teen at Drive-Up-Diner (uncredited)
R.C. Keene
Beacon City Parade / Robbery Witness (uncredited)
Margaret Mazzola
Car Hop #1 (uncredited)
 
Hal Smith
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Tommy Splittgerber
Train Station Ticket Agent (uncredited)
 

Stunt Crew:


Gary Combs
Stunts
Dick Crockett
Stunts
Donna Garrett
Stunts
Bill Hart
Stunts
 
Whitey Hughes
Stunts
Loren Janes
Stunt Double
Carey Loftin
Stunts
Bob Terhune
Stunts
 
 

Sound Crew:


Michael Colgan
Sound Editor
Katherine Haber
Dialogue Editor
 
Josef von Stroheim
Sound Editor
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Bud Hulburd
Special Effects
 
 

Art Department:


George R. Nelson
Set Decoration
 
 

Directing Crew:


Newt Arnold
Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Gaylin P. Schultz
Key Grip
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Barbara Seibert Bolticoff
Costumer
Kent James
Costumer
 
Ray Summers
Costume Supervisor
 

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