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Actor Steve McQueen, wearing his maximum-security Brillo-pad beard as Prisoner Charrière, has decreed that there will be no interviews, no visitors. Except, of course, Ali MacGraw, Steve's partner in The Getaway, whom he calls "my old lady...
...Rolls-Royces were sold in Beverly Hills alone. Polly Bergen traded in her new Mercedes for a one-of-a-kind 1957 Bentley convertible, while Dick Martin and Elvis Presley have bought $35,000 Stutz Blackhawks. Steve McQueen recently wanted a very special present for his friend Ali MacGraw-a limited-edition 1969 Mercedes 280-3 convertible. A dealer found one in St. Louis and had it flown to Los Angeles only to have McQueen turn it down. The interior, said the actor, was the wrong color...
...Getaway is basically a streamlined heist-and-chase movie, but Peckinpah keeps stumbling over his subplots. Moreover, his two stars, Steve McQueen and All MacGraw, are unregenerately narcissistic. They appear as a husband and wife, professional thieves, who knock over a small-town Texas bank and spend the rest of the time speeding across the state to Mexico, pursued by the cops and crews of greedy confederates...
...Peckinpah Traveling Repertory is on hand: Ben Johnson, Bo Hopkins, Dub Taylor, Slim Pickens. As usual, their small parts are all nicely etched, and there is a superb bit of character work by Richard Bright as a cheap thief who swipes a suitcase full of loot from Ali MacGraw. Al Lettieri, as a hamhanded, slow-talking killer, and Sally Struthers, as a giggly little moll, both overact, in contrast to McQueen and MacGraw...
McQueen is primarily a deep-frozen presence, although he handles a variety of guns with impressive familiarity. As a screen personality, MacGraw is abrasive. As a talent, she is embarrassing. Supposedly a scruffy Texas tart. MacGraw appears with a complete designer wardrobe and a set of Seven Sister mannerisms...