The Getaway with Steve McQueen, Ali McGraw, and Ben Johnson (Peckinpah) will be shown this afternoon at 1545 MDT.

Screenwriter, Walter Hill said: "I thought of the films I wrote, I thought it was far and away the best one, and most interesting."

The Jim Thompson novel on which the movie is very loosely based is worth reading. Very disquieting story that starts out a hardboiled crime caper -- almost like a Richard Stark/Donald Westlake "Parker" novel -- and turns into a dystopian horror tale that Stephen King might have written.

I'll be watching. Check it out here: A great cast, including Al Lettieri ("The Turk" from The Godfather).

Great movie.

PC

That dude can handle a shotgun. Great film.

Did anyone notice the Colt Python that the Lettieri character used?

...and the 1911 that McQueen's character favored

Awesome Steve McQueen movie.

Al Lettieri was my favorite move bad guy. He did the best meltdowns. Too bad he died at 49.

I like the end when Steve and Ali are crossing into Mexico with Slip Pickens and he tells Mexican customs his junk is building material for Chihuahua !

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Originally posted by 2010Challenger:
Al Lettieri was my favorite move bad guy. He did the best meltdowns. Too bad he died at 49.

From what I've read, Lettieri was just as intimidating in real life as he was known to have Mafia connections .

I know Al Lettieri has been beat up and killed by the best in several great flicks.

Thought I would update this thread rather than start a new one.

Tomorrow night TCM is showing four Steve McQueen movies:

-- Bullitt at 7pm
-- Sand Pebbles at 9pm
-- Cincinnati Kid at 12:30am
-- Nevada Smith at 2:30am

(Times are Central)

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Originally posted by CoolRich59:
Thought I would update this thread rather than start a new one.

Tomorrow night TCM is showing four Steve McQueen movies:

-- Bullitt at 7pm
-- Sand Pebbles at 9pm
-- Cincinnati Kid at 12:30am
-- Nevada Smith at 2:30am

(Times are Central)

Thanks for the head's up. Just set the DVR.

Ali McGraw

It's too bad that what we saw on screen from McQueen was art imitating life.

Thanks, Rich

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Originally posted by corsair:
Ali McGraw

It's too bad that what we saw on screen from McQueen was art imitating life.

The thing about Ali McGraw was that her beauty was so distracting, that you had to see 3-4 of her movies before you realized that she couldn't act. I saw a recent interview with her, where she stated she never had any formal training in acting. I wanted to say "we noticed".

McQueen was indeed the very 'King of Cool' to be sure. Of the four films listed, I caught the Cincinnati Kid. Great ensemble-cast, as with most McQueen films. Stand-out performances by Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden, Joan Blondell, and Rip Torn. Ann-Margret, and Tuesday Weld were worth the admission-price alone. Along with the jazzy, Lalo Schifrin score.