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When convict Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) is refused parole, he enlists his wife, Carol (Ali MacGraw), to strike a deal with crooked Texan Jack Benyon (Ben Johnson), who agrees to pull strings for Doc...
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When Doc ends up in a Mexican prison, Carol tells mob boss Jack Benyon (James Woods) that Doc will work for him if Benyon can free him from prison. Benyon hires Doc to rob a dog track, but after ...
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Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 27, 2002. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers...
Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 83% based on 23 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's consensus reads, " The Getaway sees Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen, the kings of violence and cool, working at full throttle."
It has an approval rating of 33% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 24 reviews, with a weighted average of 4.9/10. [8] It earned a Razzie Award and a Stinkers Bad Movie Awards nomination for Kim Basinger as Worst Actress, but she lost both trophies to Sharon Stone for Intersection and The Specialist .
Oct 29, 2013 · What's it about. Carter ‘Doc’ McCoy is a highly skilled professional bank robber. He’s also in jail serving a long sentence. After having his parole rejected he sends his beautiful young wife, Carol, to Jack Benyon, a corrupt but influential businessman who he spotted at the parole hearing, in order to broker a deal for his early release.
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The Getaway (1972) A striking, very characteristic period piece that owes something (a lot) to "Bonnie and Clyde" from five years earlier. Steve McQueen is strong, in his silently brooding, intense way.