Film

The Getaway 1972

Directed by Sam Peckinpah

  • Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
  • 123 min
  • PG

It takes two to make it … The big two.

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

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Classical in form, earnest, plot-driven and grave.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • earnestironic
  • character-ledplot-driven
  • gravecomic
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