The Getaway is a movie directed by Roger Donaldson in 1994 and based on the book of the same name by Jim Thompson, first published in 1958. The movie features Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, David Morse, Jennifer Tilly, and others.
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Storyline
Carter Doc McCoy and his wife Carol are taking target practice with pistols when Rudy arrives to propose they break a Mexican drug lord’s nephew out of jail for a $300,000 payment. The job is successful, but it turns out the drug lord wanted his nephew free to kill him.
Movie vs Book
Year
1994
Minutes
115
Movie Rate
5.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Getaway
Director: Roger Donaldson
Country: USA
Year: 1994
Length: 1h55m
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Year
1958
Pages
224
Book Rate
7.86
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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 Sam Peckinpah
User polls & recommendations
“Not every good book needs to be a movie. I still believe nothing tells a story with the richness and complexity of a good novel.”
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON (Writer)
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