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
The Getaway Car team loses a life, decided based on which team(s) answered wrongly, and if multiple teams got it wrong (or if all got it right) the tie is resolved based on who finished slowest. The races are repeated until two teams have been eliminated by losing both their lives. In Round Four, the final team must race the Getaway Car around the mini-track at night, for a maximum of two laps, pursued by The Stig in a supercar described as "significantly faster" than the Getaway Car. To make it a fair contest, the team are given a head start of a