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 (1972 film) (...) a well-constructed, lovers on the run-style heist flick". Writing for "Cinema Crazed", Felix Vasquez also lauded most action scenes and remarked: ""The Getaway" is a top notch crime thriller with a fantastic turn by McQueen and it's still the best action movie I've ever seen." Contemporary review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 85% based on 20 reviews—an average rating of 7 out of 10, which provides the consensus, ""The Getaway" sees Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen, the kings of violence and cool, working at full throttle." They also ranked "The Getaway" at 46 on