The Getaway
Criminal's swift exit
The Getaway is a 1972 action film directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw as a couple fleeing after a bank heist.
The title has become shorthand for stylish crime-and-escape narratives.
More generally, a getaway is an escape, especially from a crime scene: The robbers made their getaway in a stolen car.
It also means a brief vacation or retreat: a romantic weekend getaway.
- escapeFlight from captivity
- quick escapeHasty departure from danger
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
- bank jobRobbery of financial institution
- chaseRapid following of quarry
fugitive · on the run · robbery · wheels · speeding · pedal to the metal · hideout · pursuit · vacation · retreat · paradise · island paradise · beach · resort · breakaway · flee · run · highway
- Heist FilmsOcean's Eleven, The Italian Job, The Sting, Inside Man, Baby Driver
- Red Hot Chili PeppersCalifornication, Under the Bridge, Snow
- Wimpy KidGreg Heffley
escape vs. capture outcome
The Getawaygetting caught
surrender · imprisonment · incarceration · conviction · doing time