Sam Peckinpah's 'The Getaway' (1972)

Steve McQueen & Ali MacGraw in shooting scene from 'The Getaway'.
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[@danieljuffs9144]

The film was released 50 years ago yesterday and is still a badass 70's action film

[@DaisysmellowyellowPlymouth]

Hard to believe that today marks 40 years since he died. He's the most Badass, and the coolest guy I've ever seen on screen. R.I.P. Steve.

[@tildenkatz3628]

Yessir. The coolest.

[@1958dbc]

ah man i was pulling into work and heard on the radio he passed :-(

[@keatonwiththatheatson]

"The coolest doggone mother-scratcher on the silver screen!" ~ Patterson Hood

[@jimmason1072]

Hollywood will do that to some people....

[@darhergraficos]

Very realistic scene, even in the small details, such as the recoil of the shotgun when firing from the waist and the recharge of the same amount of cartridges it shoots, a pity that no longer make movies like this

[@yallowrosa]

realistic? ... it's pure fiction

[@stephenclemence5856]

@@yallowrosa It's still realistic, even though the story is fiction. There's a difference.

[@keithdaniels5918]

Yep ..great scene. Would have loved to see a mag change with the S&W 76 smg….just to keep it real. 🙃🙃

[@randmayfield5695]

If it's a shoot out scene and I don't see recoil and reloading then A+ drops to C- real fast. That's why I guess I like the Daniel Craig Bond movies the most. The more realistic the better. Just saying. Edit: When Steve moves to the 191145 cal. from the shotgun, he racks a round into the chamber.

[@sorenlilienthal1368]

@@randmayfield5695 It wouldn't have helped him much, if the pistol wasn't ready to fire...

[@82ghall]

you can tell McQueen's marine training , clearing a long hall stands out

[@Model3GenerativeANdroid]

This is the first time i see a Peckinpah movie scene. Totally raw and real. As ruthless as no country for old man

[@peteyou2325]

One of my favorite movies. Steve runs that 12 gauge like a true badass.

[@weirdshibainu]

Great for staircases

[@thenaturalmidsouth9536]

You can tell he knew how to use a pump action shotgun

[@kimiakiooyama6149]

Best shotgun shot scene ever.

[@jlastre]

So much better than the remake. Never understood why people want to remake a classic.

[@paulgilliatt7829]

It's lazy and easy way to make money off people who don't know about an earlier version, same with music. Hollywood has killed cinema.

[@standaman1963]

​@paulgilliatt7829 This is by far the best explanation I ever heard about the entertainment industry remaking movies and music.

[@Uns_Maps_8]

There are remakes that are as good or better than the original, for example Scareface

[@jlastre]

@@Uns_Maps_8 so you have to reach to 1932 for a counter example? For every successful remake of a classic I could point to dozens that aren’t. It’s the laziness of an unserious Hollywood.

[@Uns_Maps_8]

@@jlastre I see you did your homework and checked history. A remake is a remake, or do you count only remakes younger that 52 years old? Peace!

[@tommyd.743]

Ali McGraw was one of the few natural beauties in movies.

[@CP-kb1du]

There are several natural beauties in movies wake up ...

[@christinemarchal1386]

Oh yes she was underestimated..... In this movie... She was so cute and good face to the greatest of the best.... Steve mcqueen

[@cheekymonkey444]

Ali McGraw is one of the most stunningly beautiful women on the planet, hands down!!

[@johnbattista9519]

@@CP-kb1du , Sally Struthers HAD naturals... lol

[@jubalcalif9100]

She was no Hope Emerson....but yes, Ali was indeed one fetching lass !

[@schallrd1]

This movie was the best ride provided by Peckinpah since the Wild Bunch.

[@stormysteve49]

Absolutely top notch, even by today's standards. Mr. Cool in one of the best shootouts ever.

[@raffihilda]

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[@fuckeu2309]

Today doesn't have any standards.

[@michaelosborn3134]

​@@fuckeu2309 true, the tech crap of today does not relate to reality

[@garrison968]

One of the best action movies of that decade. This sequence is just masterful in shooting and editing. One of Peckinpah's best pictures.

[@alexgolovchenko3791]

One of the most realistic battle scenes on film, one of my favorite motion pictures.

[@ployshihashick8240]

Even the somewhat muffled report of Ali's 38 Special is so spot on. Perfection!

[@Uswesi1527]

I remember very well when I watched this movie back more than half a century ago.

[@jessefincher]

I remember my momma took me and my 2 brothers to the cinema to see this in 1972. I was 8 years old and my momma loved Steve McQueen and Burt Reynolds. I remember her saying this was the only movie made where the bank robbers got away. Today is her heavenly birthday. I miss her and the wonderful movies she took us to go see.

[@ployshihashick8240]

Awesome, beautiful memory, Jesse. Let's toast to a better, vanished time.

[@carlosaraujo9037]

Lucky to got a cool mom... 👍👍👍

[@dpeasehead]

I always liked the fact that they got away it in spite of the odds, the double dealing, and their own personal flaws and imperfections. For a short time in the 1960s, it was okay to beat the system and to sidestep the stock Hollywood truism that "crime doesn't pay." In real life it's far more complicated than that, and we know better.

[@sorenlilienthal1368]

​@@dpeaseheadIn the book, their refuge in Mexico turns up like hell on earth.

[@jimdowell9030]

​@sorenlilienthal1368 I have read that the original plan was to film the ending from the book, but McQueen thought it was too weird, so they dropped that idea. Not exactly sure how accurate it is, but that's what I read. It sounds like it would have been interesting to see if they had.

[@marshallcruse750]

McQueen NEVER fails to deliver the goods!

[@stephenclemence5856]

I gotta watch this movie again. Sam Peckinpah was famous for his realism.

[@PlymouthVT]

One of the best movies ever for its day. That and Michael Mann's "Thief" with James Caan.

[@weirdshibainu]

Add Bronsons "Hard Times" and " The Mechanic "

[@PlymouthVT]

@@weirdshibainu I agree 100%!!! Oh yeah I love those films. Bronson's best really with James Coburn. And that was Jan Michael Vincents best movie really. That part on the end "If your reading this....bang!!!! Those old 70's movies were the best.

[@xavlenav9319]

I agree Big Time, Caan gets intense in Thief! But McQueen...they can be only one.

[@kakhak]

Insane movie, actually. There you can witness the greatest style of filmmaking. Mr. samuel was one of the greatest editors.

[@chuckwagon5518]

This blows away the Alec Baldwin version!

[@hannibalheyes339]

Of course it does

[@sorenlilienthal1368]

Not much of a challenge, haha.

[@josephhebert7740]

Yeah I won’t watch the remake out of respect for the original! If one thing I have learned, they make movies for certain generations. The mindset in this movie was for the 60s and 70s. Whatever year Baldwin made one was made for that generation. This is why I no longer watch remakes. the dirty dozen was my first movie. Loved it. My parents dropped me off at the theater . Could you imagine that now adays.

[@sulero-zp3rd]

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[@myerkord]

Yeah cuz 😂 the original is always BEST

[@Belano1911]

Features the great Al Lettieri, may he rest in peace.

[@davidfasano7210]

Couldn't agree more....

[@davidfasano7210]

Don't forget McQ with the Duke!!

[@ronniebishop2496]

Bullet was real too.

[@ployshihashick8240]

One of the best "bad guys" of all time.

[@briangoldy8784]

Also.........The Godfather,,,,,,,,Italian Diner scene ..........Michael wacks him an the Police Captain.........

[@davidanderson3684]

Love that mk76 submachine gun! And steve handles that 12ga in beast Mode!

[@schallrd1]

The Getaway was exactly that. It was a great movie to watch to getaway in the movie theater for a couple of hours.

[@mrvillian21]

Sam for the action, great director, and Steve McQueen one of the greats. The scene in the train where elbows the con artist is brill

[@ployshihashick8240]

Look up "Cool" in the dictionary. You'll find Steve McQueen.

[@johnzeszut3170]

Bet your boots on that!

[@jubalcalif9100]

He was no Huntz Hall....but yes, Steve McQueen was indeed one cool fellow !

[@jubalcalif9100]

@John Henry Holliday Satch & Slip would have provided some welcome comedy relief in this 70s crime drama ! :-)

[@peanut25john]

Great reply ‘ Why didn’t I think it. 🥴

[@delavalmilker]

McQueen handles that shotgun with such grace and confidence. Was that his Marine training?

[@Kristian-vb5dk]

Could be, but I doubt Marine training had much to do with it. Sure, both Peckinpah and McQueen were ex-Marines, but they were also gun guys who kept firearms in their private lives. You don't need a military training to properly handle a shotgun (which is a far more common firearm in a civilian life than in military anyway).

[@chardtomp]

Peckinpah was always under-appreciated in Hollywood!

[@studiobencivengamarcusbenc5272]

chardtomp who cares he is loved by the real people

[@daniellee9328]

His problem with cocaine and alcohol made him a liability.

[@chardtomp]

@@daniellee9328 If it did, half of Hollywood was a liability at that time. Some would say he was just kind of crazy even without the chemical assistance.

[@daniellee9328]

@@chardtomp But they weren't costing the studio twice as much money and making financial bombs. Hollywood is a business and unfortunately Peckinpah was blowing half the budget on coke and booze. The Getaway is a good movie but even Peckinpah admitted he was trying to make a hit movie and not a work of art like he did with Cross of Iron and The Wild Bunch, he needed the money and McQueen needed a hit to remain relevant. His most successful movie was Convoy a Smokey and the Bandit knock off and it was his worst movie and even that went overbudget because of his erratic personal life conflicting with his professional. Great filmmaker but he could never defeat his demons.

[@chardtomp]

@@daniellee9328 Even during the worst of his drug and alcohol years he didn't make many movies that lost money and the ones that did were more the result of interference from clueless studio executives who should have just stayed out of his way and let him do his thing. Some of his biggest commercial successes happened during this time too. His career problems stemmed more from his being a poor politician who didn't want to play the studio game.

[@juanmosey]

In case you're wondering this was the Laughlin Hotel in El Paso which was demolished shortly after the movie was made. You can actually see some of the heavy equipment in the scenes. Hotel was on West Franklin.

[@peterwodzianski1958]

John Mosey Thanks for the info.

[@kenmccready2870]

He was incredible what a natural flare he had for the dramatic ,,looks like he was born with a shotgun in his hands ...and in all the mayhem he projects a col vibe ...he was unique !

[@strattuner]

MCQUEEN,HE BRINGS IT TO LIFE,RIP GENIUS ACTOR

[@ployshihashick8240]

This blows away today's over-produced schlock, including the joke of a remake of this film. The attention to detail is amazing, right down to the authentic report of Ali's 32 ACP. EXCELLENT production, cinematography, acting, and directing.

[@garrison6863]

No one since Eisenstein ever directed action like Peckinpah. Nobody had a better eye and a better sense of rhythm in the editing and how different speeds and angles could magnify and broaden the experience. This sequence edited by Robert Wolfe was excellent. My only reservation is I think he should have made more of the shooting of Al Letteri the bad guy at the end. But they just do not make films like this today, well done, sterling entertainment

[@CraftySouthpaw]

Notice that there's NO music in the scene until 3:09. The long stretches of silence really add to the realism and tension.

[@oliverganley6178]

The introduction of the music also helps to add tension. The scene of Rudy’s revenge attack has been set up since nearly the start of the film. The filmmakers needed to show that this sequence was more significant than the shootout scene before. The music fills that gap perfectly. All this makes the sequence itself underwhelming. Doc acts like he got hit, shoots Rudy, then his ‘injury’ goes away like it never happened. WTF!

[@ashleys1145]

1:27 Bang Bang Love the way Peckinpah directs action scenes.

[@rancosteel]

Cinematographer Lucien Ballard.

[@garrison968]

Fantastic scene. This is so much better than the remake.

[@richardmcqueen3334]

Steve McQueen is the king of cool

[@jubalcalif9100]

Wally Cox gave him a run for money.....but Steve came out on top in regards to COOL !!

[@stevejam767]

He was also a King of Fools, he turned so many great roles, Butch and Sundance, Dirty Harry, French Connection, Jaws to name but a few. Makes me quite sad and he was dead at 50.

[@johnzeszut3170]

The King of Cool carried this movie on his back. Big time shoot-em-up. Slim Pickens added his talent to the film also.

[@strawdogs111]

Steve McQueen great actor unforgettable.

[@kmlgraph]

Before there was Tarantino...there was Peckinpah.

[@gast128]

Better than most modern stuff where the action mostly comes from a cameraman who can't hold his camera still.

[@jamesmcdermott6919]

Al lettieri getting his butt kicked as usual, Al Pacino, Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson each took their turns.

[@Cuetips1000]

I love Peckinpah’s style. His axial cuts (cut-ins) in the first seconds (0:01) of this clip are outstanding. I bet he used a multiple camera setup with sligthly different angles to do this.

[@ployshihashick8240]

Sheer genius.

[@philmellor4885]

Never noticed that. And now I know what an axial cut is...will drop this at work, impress the shit out of my colleagues. Cheers.

[@ployshihashick8240]

Hitchcock was known for axial cuts as well. When done by masters, they are VERY effective.

[@Cuetips1000]

@@ployshihashick8240 Yes, I agree; "when done by masters". Nowadays they film a scene in 8k and with a wide angle lens and then crop out the frames for the axial cut. That has nothing to do with the old-school-work done by the masters.

[@TTony-tu6dm]

In close quarters you can’t beat a 12 gauge

[@grizzuh]

Pure genious superb intergallactic fantastic Camerawork and Editing!

[@xavierrandall]

A large bucket of buttered popcorn and a drink will go good with this.

[@bearone3961]

Look up cholesterol

[@youturd55]

@@bearone3961 look up consumption, who eats buttered popcorn everyday?

[@spencerreed6014]

1:46 cracks me up every time 😆

[@WhatiMeamWho]

You have to love the slow motion death's of the bad guys from a Sam Peckinpah movie. Also, who the hell takes an elevator in a shoot out.

[@castelodeossos3947]

The sounds of ordinary life outside is a masterly touch.

[@user-zk1lk9ep5e]

マックィーンの手慣れた銃の使い方が正にホンモノだね。狭い廊下でショットガンをマックグローに向けない動きや弾切れと同時に放り出しベルトに挟んだガヴァを素早くハンマー起こしながら抜くリアクションなど素晴らしい❗

[@mal334455]

Cant believe ive never watched this film...looks good.

[@Badhands55]

And 50 years later a 1300 defender with buckshot and a .45 auto is still the king

[@sorenlilienthal1368]

Any 12 gauge repeater would do it, I think

[@johnthonig1692]

What is a 1300?

[@sorenlilienthal1368]

@@johnthonig1692 A Winchester. In the movie, a High Standard shotgun had been used.

[@johnthonig1692]

@@sorenlilienthal1368 Cool I own a 1907 model 97 And a 1922 model 12 Also an old Ithaca 37

[@sorenlilienthal1368]

@@johnthonig1692 Great classic shotguns, all of them! Safe shooting!

[@wongsifu460]

When it comes to clean a building, 1911 and 12 pump action shotgun, there are no substitutes

[@nnnnnie]

The handgun looked more like a Browning 9mm Hi-POWER to me. Hard to say with the motion.

[@sorenlilienthal1368]

​@@nnnnnieIt's definitely a 1911 Colt Automatic. You can clearly see the .45 bore and the barrel bushing.

[@artygunnar]

Talk about gun safety, notice how mcqueen points the shotty up while rotatimg around his chick

[@stevefowler2112]

Known as muzzle discipline when I was in The Corps.

[@studinthemaking]

@@stevefowler2112 He was the marine corp.

[@kevinmunday5782]

Chick...lol

[@sorenlilienthal1368]

It must have been natural to him

[@duncansamways1363]

Sam Peckinpah . The GOAT of action and slo-mo violence

[@blank557]

Back in those days, checking out of the Hotel was always a hassle.

[@MrForttunate]

always in my all time top ten action flicks , the relationship between steve and ali was electric , the violence tho strong was measured , and that ride with sally struthers , al letteri and jack dodson was sheer brilliance , peckinpah's best film .

[@johnlewis9158]

obviously you have not seen the wild bunch or ride the high country warren oats great actor very underrated

[@mavttabf]

hell yeah!

[@jennifersman7990]

...Or Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

[@nelsonsack2694]

Oh man was this a great movie. this is the way action movies are supposed to be made.

[@pikiwiki]

my gawd Steve McQueen was cool . 2:27 he raises the barrel of the shotgun so it doesn't cross Ali McGraw

[@davidlinihan3626]

Marine! Knows muzzle discipline

[@dpeasehead]

I noticed that little detail too. He wasn't wildly swinging that thing around.

[@if6was929]

@String Theorist Instinctual! Think of how many movies you've seen where that wasn't done, I'd bet that move wasn't rehearsed or suggested by Peckinpah or the armorer! Such a small thing in a movie, most viewers wouldn't have noticed it.

[@nihilistcentraluk442]

@@if6was929 stunningly good.Every move choreographed to perfection.

[@carig121]

This movie is the reason why true classics should never be remade by Hollywood.

[@deanwalker9605]

Edited by a human being. Phenomenal 👏👏👏

[@robertmartinez1645]

The slow motion bits are what I remember most about this movie as a kid. I remember it being soooooo cool. Lol

[@roryschweinfurter2601]

Have you ever seen Sean Penn in State of Grace There's a total Peckenpah shootout at the end?

[@robertmartinez1645]

@@roryschweinfurter2601 No, but now I'm gonna have to search it. Thanks, I'll check it out!!!👍

[@roryschweinfurter2601]

@@robertmartinez1645 you'll like it I guarantee and I won't give away the plot for you

[@roryschweinfurter2601]

After you watch it send me a message about what you think of it

[@robertmartinez1645]

@@roryschweinfurter2601 okay you got it. Thanks

[@iflarnted]

This movie needs a soundtrack release. One of Quincy Jones' best.

[@Lex5576]

The guy beside the Coke machine gets a chest full of 000 buckshot and still has enough life in him to empty the clip of that submachine gun. Only in the movies can that happen. This was still a great flick loaded with realistic action in the good old 1970s style.

[@stretch654]

Half the budget of every Sam Peckinpah movie is spent on ammunition.

[@harrihiltunen3126]

best peckinpah.s movies..

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Drop of a coat, these guys will rock and roll.

[@Rickwmc]

My 3 favorite Sam Peckinpah movies are: 3rd-The Getaway, 2nd-Cross of Iron, and 1st The Wild Bunch.

[@cichenlup]

it could be, but what about Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid? I loved The Osterman Weekend as well.... so hard to choose in the end

[@jamesupton4996]

I'd rate the Ballad of Cable Hogue as well

[@retrosven3767]

Don't forget killer elite with James Caan and Robert duwall 😊😊😊😊

[@terrymanning2285]

A great scene.

[@pandaberserk3390]

i discovered this film on a double feature on USA network in the 90's ,they played back to back 94 and 72 version. its when i discovered peckinpah and steve mcqueen, Buillet,Papillon and the WIld Bunch.

[@dave-d-grunt]

One of his best!

[@phdtobe]

This scene is a case study in why a good shotgun is thr best home defense weapon.

[@drott150]

Steve McQueen's so cool all his adversaries conveniently present themselves to be shot with little serious resistance.

[@ShroomKeppie]

"Super easy, barely an inconvenience." (w/apologies to Screen Rant)

[@MikeSmith-su8ee]

legends.....then there was Steve ...

[@nicomeier8098]

Great movie, got it on DVD and love it. Much, much better then the remake with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. Together with "Bullet" my favourite McQueen movies.

[@douglasschliewen4302]

To me, Steve McQueen will always be "The Getaway" along with Ali McGraw and Slim Pickens.

[@suphangko5812]

This is the almost best of director Sam Peckinpah films ! I watched in 🇭🇰 Hong Kong called 亡命大煞星，很賣座電影👍🍿😘

[@corvettegeorge1979]

High Standard Flite King K-1200 Riot 12 gauge nice!

[@jonmcclane7433]

Marine Raider I used to have a Flite King K-1200 with a 28 inch barrel. It was over 40 years old and never misfired. They made good, affordable guns.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

I have the same model as in the movie. The day I got it, police were panicked by some POS who decided that it was stolen from some department and informed the locals. A couple friends and I had transferred from one car to another and during the switch is when weenie saw me with it. Since it was only a couple hours old and I had the receipt, that quashed any theft notion, so their next step was to see if it was legal barrel length. It's 18⅛". Totally legal. Totally badass. I shot it enough break the firing pin. Cost me $25 to have a hobbyist gunsmith order a new one and "fit" it to the bolt. Happy to give him a bit of business. Anyway, Sam Peckinpah really knew how to make gunfight scenes realistic. I've done some test demos with 00 buckshot into assorted media with pretty similar results. Of course drywall squibs come out much more dramatically than buckshot busting it.

[@walterthompson5417]

Great movie 🍿

[@Warhawknm]

the shotgun is a High-Standard K-1200 Riot shotgun.

[@conanlabiche]

what a great movie

[@franktower9006]

"No, I haven't seen Rudy, you dumb broad!" Never fails to crack me up.

[@jamesphilip6737]

And he sounds like a Vegas gangster in a cowboy hat.

[@johnbattista9519]

That was Sally Struthers on the floor... I was like 12 when I saw the twins.

[@ftlshome1]

sam peckinpah was the master of the slow motion but amazing camera work, violent yes, that was his intent, the characters were violent, check out his work in the last 10mins of the film "the wild bunch" now that's an ending

[@timheslin9185]

We need those guys at the border now...

[@dpeasehead]

I've probably watched the last minutes of "The Wild Bunch" at least 500 times and even though you exactly how it's going to end, it hits just as hard each and every time.

[@xorgegarciacarregha5417]

"Have you seen Rudy?" - a great line

[@bozothepimp4039]

And the guy respond " No, I haven't seen Rudy you dumb broad!" I laugh every time I hear that response. 😆😆😆😆

[@anthonycosta6461]

What an actor 😊

[@user-iq9tf4qf6c]

ショットガンの威力、迫力、マックイーンのカッコよさ！

[@tomloft2000]

the guy being shot @1:35 is long time actor Roy Jenson.he must have been in a million TV shows and movies.

[@harrihiltunen4329]

classic execution scene this fine movie...

[@jamesjwalsh]

Funny seeing Sally Struthers in a Peckinpah movie in '72, just as she was hitting her stride as Gloria Bunker in "All In The Family".

[@petervitti9]

Excellent action movie.

[@johnriley8591]

One of Peckinpah's best! Ranks up there with The Wild Bunch.

[@russellbrown7028]

I'd forgotten how good this film was. However, there are a few segments where the audience needs to suspend credibility for the sake of the plot, just like in any Western. In this scene for instance, we understand immediately that the local peace officers are so accustomed to the sound of ten minute gun battles (with machine guns) in the downtown precinct, that they don't bother to take any immediate interest in the event. Elevator cables are also considerably more robust than depicted .

[@dpeasehead]

And it wasn't like the ringleader plunged 20 or 30 stories after the cheesy elevator cables parted. That fleabag hotel probably had 7 floors, tops.

[@zrx1100zz]

Four words: The king of cool

[@oldpaladin1]

The Getaway is probably what started the "action": genre in movies besides it is my all time favorite movie. Btw love the cop car shoot-up.

[@jennifersman7990]

andrew cox What about Bullit, The Dirty Dozen, Point Blank,

[@terrisfca07]

My ex-brother in law played a small non speaking part of a police officer in El Paso Texas..he drove one of the police cars..right across the boarder Juarez, Mexico is where Steve McQueen passed away from cancer.

[@paleo704]

Teresa Shaw cool

[@paleo704]

Was he EP Police in real life?

[@davida3014]

love that Mk 76 submachine gun.

[@dpeasehead]

I would have scooped it up immediately. Obviously, it's previous owner had no further use for it.

[@ThrashRoC]

THIS IS MY fAVOURITE mOVIE OF ALL TIMES Sam Peckinpah "The Getaway" (1972) is BRILLIANT , the Most Brilliant Action Movie EVER Made I see it more than 30 times , and The Camera , The Colours , The Story , The Script , Steve Mc. Queen (Coolest action Actor EVER !) Ali Mc. Graw , This Film is the MOST Perfect Movie to Me , and i Know ALL also european and other Movies The Remake with alek Paldvin and Cim Pasincer is SUCH a CRAP , it don`t deserve even to talk about it

[@ployshihashick8240]

Yep.

[@carlosaraujo9037]

Agree...

[@sorenlilienthal1368]

Alec didn't even operate his shotgun properly. It was a Benelli M3 autoloader, that he used in pump mode. I know, that it was firing blanks, of course...

[@robertforrest9021]

McQueen badass McGraw babydoll

[@eamondevlin143]

No one could use a shotgun like Steve class

[@rickrose5377]

I saw this twice at about the time it was released -- remakably (it seems to me) 51 years ago. 1972 was a different time. I saw it first in college, then on a Peckinpah double-bill at an all-night show at the Playboy Theater on Dearborn in Chicago. Everyone had come to see 'The Wild Bunch', but 'The Getaway' came on first at 12:30 am. When 'The Wild Bunch' finally began c. 3 am, it soon became apparent the theater had obtained a defective print. The movie would stop and start, the soundtrack was out-of-sync, and there were huge gaps in the film. The audience grew restive, then outraged, and the theater had to refund everyone's money at 4 in the morning. Ah, the 70s.