Sydney - Cockatoo Island, Sunday 18th, 3pm
Print courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive
Year
1972
Director
Sam Peckinpah
Running Time
122 minutes
Starring
Steve McQueen, Ali McGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens
Master thief Doc McCoy knows his wife has been in bed with the local political boss in order to spring him from jail. What he can't know is the sinister succession of double-crosses that will sour the deal once he's on the outside - and executing the ultimate robbery. Fasten your seat belts and join Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw in a supreme action thriller based on Jim Thomson's novel (Scripted by Warriors director, Walter Hill). Once the Getaway starts, there's no escaping its breathless intensity!