The Getaway is a movie directed by Sam Peckinpah in 1972 and based on the book of the same name by Jim Thompson, first published in 1958. The movie features Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens, and others.
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Storyline
Four years into his ten-year sentence for armed robbery, Carter Doc McCoy is denied parole from a Texas prison. When his wife Carol visits him, he tells her to do whatever is necessary to make a deal with Jack Beynon, a corrupt businessman in San Antonio, to free him. Beynon uses his influence and obtains Doc’s parole on the condition that he take part in a bank robbery with two of his henchmen, Rudy and Frank.
Movie vs Book
Year
1972
Minutes
123
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Year
1958
Pages
224
Book Rate
7.86
S: Goodreads
Book
The Getaway
Author: Jim Thompson
Country: USA
First published in: 1958
Length: 224 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Roger Donaldson
User polls & recommendations
“The graphic novel is a great form that can be used to marry the book format with the movie.”
MELVIN VAN PEEBLES (Actor)
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