Or, of course, Sam Peckinpah women...if they can scrape up
even that much gumption, while waiting for their men to come
beat them.
TM, not a fan of the first film of THE GETAWAY
-----Original Message----- From: Rene Ribic [mailto:
rribic@optusnet.com.au]
> Thinking a little more about Jim Thompson films, the
original "The
> Getaway" has to have the most perfect casting
possible with Steve
> McQueen as Doc McCoy and Al Lettieri as Rudy. It's
just too bad the
> movie had to ruin the book's terrific apocalyptic
ending.
>
Not to mention whitewashing McCoy's character. I mean, you
can't have Steve McQueen doublecrossing & murdering his
partners in crime. Only bad criminals do that kind of
thing.
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