The Getaway (novel) eternity" and suffer immensely all the while. The novel has been adapted into films twice. The 1972 film version of "The Getaway" starred Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw. The 1994 film version of "The Getaway" starred Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. In both films the surreal ending In the hellish domain of El Rey is discarded for a happy ending in which Doc and his wife ultimately escape to freedom. The Getaway (novel) The Getaway is a 1958 crime novel by Jim Thompson. Doc McCoy pulls off what he thinks is the perfect a bank robbery, but there are things
Meet McGraw "One For My Baby" by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. "Meet McGraw" preceded "The Bob Cummings Show" on Tuesday evenings on NBC. It aired at 9:00pm ET/PT opposite John Lupton’s Western series "Broken Arrow" on ABC and Bud Collyer's "To Tell the Truth" quiz show on CBS. After its cancellation, "Meet McGraw" was repeated as "The Adventures of McGraw" on ABC in 1958-1959, but not in prime time. The first pilot episode, which was broadcast as a segment of CBS's "Four Star Playhouse" on February 25, 1954, involves a woman who hires McGraw to protect her from her threatening husband.