On this day in movie history - The Getaway (1994):

The Getaway

directed by Roger Donaldson,

written by Walter Hill and Amy Holden Jones,

based on the novel by Jim Thompson,

was released in the United States on February 11, 1994.

Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, David Morse, Jennifer Tilly, James Stephens, Richard Farnsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Burton Gilliam, Royce D. Applegate, Daniel Villarreal, Scott McKenna, Alex Colon, Justin Williams, Peppi Sanders, Jo Ann Soto, Louis Martinez, Boots Southerland, George Dobbs, Kenny Endoso, Don Pulford, Rick Taylor, Phil Allen, Bill Mosley, Debbie Dedo, Gary Kirk, J.W. ‘Corkey’ Fornof, Peter Donaldson, Michele Hawk, Sammy Hernandez, Parker Anderson, William Bolander, Bill Cook, Kacee DeMasi, Maria Frisby, Lee Hollingsworth, Bob Huff, Elaine Huff, April Manchester-Miller, Elske McCain, Richard Meek, Brian Patterson, Ella Arlienne Scofield, Robert Sucato, Tracy Sucato, Oliver Theess, Rodd Wolff.

On this day in movie history - The Getaway (1972):

The Getaway

directed by Sam Peckinpah,

written by Walter Hill,

based on the novel by Jim Thompson,

was released in the United States on December 13, 1972.
Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens, Richard Bright, Jack Dodson, Dub Taylor, Bo Hopkins, Roy Jenson, John Bryson.

Recommended reading - The Getaway (1958):

The Getaway

By Jim Thompson.

First published 1958.

Published by Mulholland Books.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0316403970

ISBN-13: 978-0316403979

Description:

Doc McCoy is the most skilled criminal alive. But when for the first time in Doc's long criminal career, his shot doesn't hit the mark, everything begins to fall apart. And Doc begins to realize that the perfect bank robbery isn't complete without the perfect getaway to back it up.

THE GETAWAY is the classic story of a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, where the smallest mistakes have catastrophic consequences, and shifting loyalties lead to betrayals and chaos. The basis for the classic Steve McQueen film of the same name, as well as a 1994 remake with Alec Baldwin, Thompson's novel set the bar for every heist story that followed - but as Thompson's proved time and again, nobody's ever done it better than the master.