The Getaway
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The Getaway Sam Peckinpah and stars Steve McQueen as a recently released convict who is forced to participate in a robbery as a part of a deal his wife (Ali MacGraw ) made with a corrupt businessman in order to secure the parole. After a double-cross, the couple find themselves racing towards the border before they are caught by law enforcement or the businessman's henchmen. The film was directed by Sam Peckinpah and was adapted by Walter Hill from the Jim Thompson novel of the same name. A remake starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger was released in 1994.
The following weapons were used in the film The Getaway :
Handguns Colt Government Model The main sidearm of bank robber Carter 'Doc' McCoy (Steve McQueen ) is a M1911 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Screen used Colt Commercial M1911 by Steven McQueen, photo courtesy of Long Mountain Outfitters LLC - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing McCoy checks his 1911 the night before the bank robbery, when he shows the gang a bulletproof vest, saying the vest "can stop an M2 army rifle at 50 yards". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc McCoy aims his 1911. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc McCoy draws his 1911 on a gun store clerk. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc sticks his 1911 in the gun store clerk's face. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc tells Carol to "stall" when Rudy and Fran go to their hotel room. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc leaves his hotel room stealthily, watching Rudy. Note McQueen's trigger discipline. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc checks one of his kills during the hotel shootout. Star Model B When McCoy (Steve McQueen ) fires his 1911, a Star Model B is substituted, as the Colt was not reliable with blanks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Star Model B - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc fires at Rudy at the rendezvous point. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc lowers his Star Model B. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc threatens Max outside the hotel with his Model B. Note the external extractor, giving away the fact that it is a Star Model B and not a 1911. Colt Python Rudy Butler (Al Lettieri ) carries a Colt Python revolver during the bank robbery, his kidnapping of Harold Clinton (Jack Dodson) and Fran Clinton (Sally Struthers ), and the final hotel shootout.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Python with 6" Barrel - .357 Magnum Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rudy holds his Python on the bank customers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rudy tries to double-cross Doc at the rendezvous point. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rudy desperately grabs for his Python after Doc shoots him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rudy aims his Python at Harold and Fran. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rudy sits in the Clintons' office with his Python across his lap. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fran plays with Rudy's revolver, taunting her husband Harold with it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc McCoy unloads Rudy's Python after knocking him out. Smith & Wesson Model 10 Frank Jackson (Bo Hopkins ) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 10 during the bank robbery, which he uses to shoot the bank guard. Some of the Texas policemen also have Model 10s in their holsters. Several of the cowboys at the end that shoot it out with Doc and Carol in the hotel have Model 10s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 10 Revolver - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jackson holds his gun on the bank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jackson intimidates a female customer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A cowboy, Max (Doug Dudley), takes cover during the final shootout. Smith & Wesson Model 10 Heavy Barrel The bank guard carries a Smith & Wesson Model 10 Heavy Barrel revolver, as McCoy tells his bank robbery team.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 10 Heavy Barrel - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing The bank guard reaches for his Smith & Wesson Model 10 Heavy Barrel . Smith & Wesson Model 36 Jack Benyon (Ben Johnson ) has a Smith & Wesson Model 36 out on his table when Doc brings him the bank robbery money to count. He grabs it just before he is shot by Carol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith and Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Benyon sits with his snubnose. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Benyon watches Carol take aim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Benyon grabs his Model 36 as Carol shoots him in the gut. Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Carol McCoy (Ali MacGraw ) uses a Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless to shoot Benyon and during the hotel shootout.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol Blued - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Carol shoots Benyon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Carol stares in shock after emptying her pistol into Benyon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Carol walks through the hotel with her Colt Hammerless. Single Action Army Several Single Action Armys are seen hanging on the wall on the right of the salesman in the gun store, including a model with a white grip.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army w/ 5.5" barrel known as the "Artillery" model - .45 Long ColtError creating thumbnail: File missing The lineup of guns behind the salesman. Smith & Wesson Schofield A Smith & Wesson Schofield is seen hanging on the wall with the Single Action Armys.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Schofield Model 3 with blued finish - .45 Schofield Error creating thumbnail: File missing The lineup of guns behind the salesman. Colt Woodsman A Colt Woodsman is visible hanging on the wall on the left of the salesman, next to a Ruger Standard.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Woodsman .22 LR without integral suppressor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The lineup of guns behind the salesman. Ruger Mk I Standard A Ruger Mk I / Mk II / Mk III Pistol is also visible on the wall in the gunshop, next to the Colt Woodsman.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ruger Mk I pistol - .22 LR Error creating thumbnail: File missing The lineup of guns behind the salesman. Colt Official Police A Sierra Blanca policeman fires a Colt Official Police at Doc and Carol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Official Police - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing The policeman aims his Official Police. Colt Trooper Mk III In a continuity error, we see that Rudy's Colt Python is replaced by a Colt Trooper Mk III in a few scenes at Laughlin's (Dub Taylor ) hotel. Cully (Roy Jenson ) also has a Trooper during these scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Trooper - .357 Magnum Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rudy sticks his revolver, now a Trooper, in Laughlin's face. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cully, with a Colt Trooper, and one of his men wait for Doc to appear. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rudy picks up his discarded revolver. Browning Hi-Power The cowboys' helper (Tom Bush) during the final shootout, carries a Browning Hi-Power .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning Hi-Power - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The helper leaves the hotel holding his Hi-Power. Smith & Wesson Model 20 Two of Benyon's cowboys, including his brother "the Accountant" (John Bryson ), carry Smith & Wesson Model 20 revolvers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 20 - .38/44 Error creating thumbnail: File missing The accountant waves his Model 20 inside the hotel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc and Carol shoot a cowboy, Hayhoe (Tom Runyon), armed with a Model 20. Colt Detective Special One of the cowboys assisting Cully and his men is armed with a first generation Colt Detective Special .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing First generation Colt Detective Special - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing The cowboy heads up the stairs with his Detective Special drawn. Submachine Guns Smith & Wesson M76 Cannon (Jim Kannon ), one of the cowboys during the hotel shootout uses a Smith & Wesson M76 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson M76 with stock extended - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cannon aims his M76 at Doc on the hotel stairs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc shoots the cowboy as he is firing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The cowboy falls backwards with his M76 as Doc shoots him. Shotguns High Standard K-1200 Riot Standard Shotgun Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen ) goes into a gun shop to buy a 12 gauge pump shotgun and is given a High Standard K-1200 Riot Standard Shotgun by the shopkeeper (Bruce Bissonette).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing High Standard FLITE KING K-1200 Riot Standard Model (Catalog #8111) - 12 gauge. This is the screen used shotgun, held by Steve McQueen in the film The Getaway (1972) . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc threatens the two deputies when he and Carol are discovered. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc fires at the police car, disabling it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc reloads in the car as Carol speeds away from their last shootout. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc fires out the Mercury's back window at the Sierra Blanca police car. Double-Barreled Shotgun One of the Texas policemen at a road block carries a hammerless double-barreled shotgun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1960s Era Commercial Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Police at a road block stop Doc and Carol. Rifles Winchester Model 1892 The Texas prison guards during the opening sequences carry Winchester Model 1892 rifles when on horseback. A Texas policeman is also seen holding one.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Winchester 1892 Saddle Ring Carbine - .32WCF/.38-40/.44-40/.25-20. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guard watches the prisoners holding his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guard rides past the prisoners working. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Police at a road block stop Doc and Carol. The cop in the background (leaning on the car door) has a Winchester. Miscellaneous Water Gun A child on the train, Raymond (Raymond King), squirts a water gun resembling a 1911 into Doc's face.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The child threatens to "shoot" Doc. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Doc is "shot" in the face. 
