123 minute running time so at least 20 to 30 minutes too long … absolutely awful early 70s score by Quincy Jones … Ali McGraw is beautiful but can’t act … Steve McQueen has beautiful blue eyes and can act … there are some interesting bits and funny bits (like getting trapped in a garbage truck), but the movie is no good in the end, too much senseless violence, and as Canby said, an “aimless enterprise that runs on and on … The action and the violence of ‘The Getaway’ are supported by no particular themes whatsoever. The movie just unravels.” I think Peckinpah was a creep, he was interested in sex and violence and more specifically violence against women, which makes for uncomfortable viewing … check out busty Sally Struthers stroking the man’s gun:
You don't always have to take your gun out.