The Getaway (1972 film) the film good reviews. A box office hit earning over $36 million, it was the second highest-grossing film of the year, and was one of the most financially successful productions of Peckinpah's and McQueen's careers. In 1994, a remake was released to generally negative reviews, directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. Serving four years of his ten-year sentence for armed robbery, Carter "Doc" McCoy is denied parole in a Texas prison. When his wife Carol visits him, he tells her to do whatever is necessary to make a deal with Jack Beynon, a corrupt businessman
The Getaway (1972 film) other films of Peckinpah. Matthew Hinkley of DVD Talk gave the Blu-ray version an overall rating of four stars out of five, commending the video transfer and special features, but criticizing the audio transfer. Peter Bracke of "High Def Digest" felt similarly in regard to the transfers and special features, though he gave an overall rating of three-and-a-half stars out of five. Initial reaction to "The Getaway" was negative. Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" described the film as "aimless". Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" complained that the story was contrived, calling it "a big, glossy, impersonal mechanical