Mistake or not, I must say, this is one of the only movies I can think of that shows a shotgun's recoil. In too many movies it's really just a "boom stick": point it at someone or something and boom it goes. Steve McQueen, though, looks like he knows how to handle it properly. And he flips it around to load it; how often do you see that?
@etomlins4 - You DON'T see that with shotguns! Only with Steve, and, with Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch, too). Ever since I saw this movie as a child, I'll always remember this scene. Only later, did I find out that Ali knocking Steve over with the car door was a mistake, but, so "real," that it was left in the movie Maybe that's one of the things that led to Steve and Ali getting married!?? Great and realistic movie! R.I.P Steve McQueen and Sam Peckinpah - you're both missed!
@zibbledy try to watch it in slowmotion: If you do so, you can see, that he doesn't let go of the shotgun. He does NOT put in on the back seat, though he is about to do it.
This film reminds me a lot of No Country for Old Men. You know, bloody shotgun shootouts in small-town Texas hotels, the hero being pursued by a wounded creep, etc. I wonder if Cormac McCarthy was thinking of The Getaway.
@dnggitg I might be mistaken but THe Getaway and No COuntry For Old Men might've been written by the same author. I'll google it. Then i'll wikipedia it from there.
@codename617 The Getaway was written by Jim Thompson, an excellent pulp writer. I recommend The KIller Inside Me. No Country for Old Men was written by Cormac McCarthy, also a great writer. Probably his best book is Blood Meridian.
@zibbledy watch carefully as 'he tried to toss it into back seat, but it hits the door, just as he's doing that, then you see it, happen very quicky, as it falls to the ground right next to him, as HE falls. he then ( ostensibly) picks it back up when he walks around to the other side. it only LOOKED like it went into the back seat.
I love the way McQueen blows out the red Unity spotlight and in the next scene where he hits the roof light it is miraculously unharmed!
TheLSK 1 month ago
Mistake or not, I must say, this is one of the only movies I can think of that shows a shotgun's recoil. In too many movies it's really just a "boom stick": point it at someone or something and boom it goes. Steve McQueen, though, looks like he knows how to handle it properly. And he flips it around to load it; how often do you see that?
etomlins4 3 months ago
@etomlins4 - You DON'T see that with shotguns! Only with Steve, and, with Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch, too). Ever since I saw this movie as a child, I'll always remember this scene. Only later, did I find out that Ali knocking Steve over with the car door was a mistake, but, so "real," that it was left in the movie Maybe that's one of the things that led to Steve and Ali getting married!?? Great and realistic movie! R.I.P Steve McQueen and Sam Peckinpah - you're both missed!
classiclistener01 2 months ago
@zibbledy try to watch it in slowmotion: If you do so, you can see, that he doesn't let go of the shotgun. He does NOT put in on the back seat, though he is about to do it.
hrullamahral 6 months ago
This film reminds me a lot of No Country for Old Men. You know, bloody shotgun shootouts in small-town Texas hotels, the hero being pursued by a wounded creep, etc. I wonder if Cormac McCarthy was thinking of The Getaway.
dnggitg 7 months ago
@dnggitg I might be mistaken but THe Getaway and No COuntry For Old Men might've been written by the same author. I'll google it. Then i'll wikipedia it from there.
codename617 6 months ago
Never mind. THe Getaway is by a guy named Jim Thomas. my bad :(
codename617 6 months ago
@codename617 The Getaway was written by Jim Thompson, an excellent pulp writer. I recommend The KIller Inside Me. No Country for Old Men was written by Cormac McCarthy, also a great writer. Probably his best book is Blood Meridian.
dnggitg 6 months ago
Who caught the mistake? 1:01 butt stock is NOT wrapped in brown paper, 1:05 it IS rewrapped in brown paper
VinnyS914 8 months ago
@VinnyS914 a lot of movies have mistakes.. like now there some mistakes that I saw but.. they stop and take a break and then continue the movie.
austderstine1 7 months ago
@VinnyS914 many movies have mistakes.. I've seen lots of them like now
austderstine1 5 months ago
Who caught the mistake? 1:03 butt stock is NOT wrapped in brown paper, 1:05 it IS rewrapped in brown paper
VinnyS914 8 months ago
The King Of Cool Steve Mcqueen As Doc McCoy with shotgun fuck yeah!
JimmyDean130 11 months ago
Those old Plymouth cop cars always get fucked up in the movies. Wtih a reputation like that, no wonder the brand no longer exists.
Lex5576 1 year ago
like how it turns the gun over to reload
blue32ism 1 year ago
The fucking music is infectius
graphattic 1 year ago
@graphattic Quincy Jones.
aboverim 1 year ago
Einfach genial! :-)
Heroasango 1 year ago
@zibbledy watch carefully as 'he tried to toss it into back seat, but it hits the door, just as he's doing that, then you see it, happen very quicky, as it falls to the ground right next to him, as HE falls. he then ( ostensibly) picks it back up when he walks around to the other side. it only LOOKED like it went into the back seat.
there ya go!@ Cheers!
drumdude46 1 year ago
Was Stevie a baddie in this film?
Forestamtul 1 year ago
Best part is when Ole Steve gets knocked on his ass. "What the hell's the matter with you?" LOL
rboltt 1 year ago
one of the best action scenes ever filmed: totally realistic, Mc Queen where nobody else could be, pretty amazing stuff.
doctornoooo 1 year ago