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) safe: "He chose all these "Playboy" shots of himself. He's playing it safe with these pretty-boy shots." Peckinpah's longtime composer and collaborator Jerry Fielding was commissioned to score "The Getaway". He had worked previously with the director on "Noon Wine" (1966), "The Wild Bunch" (1969), "Straw Dogs" (1970), and "Junior Bonner". After the film's second preview screening, McQueen was unhappy with the music and used his clout to hire Quincy Jones to rescore the film. Jones's music had a jazzier edge and featured harmonica solos by Toots Thielemans and vocals by Don Elliott, both of whom had been his associates.