
The Getaway(1972)
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.


“He's clean. He's mean. He's the go-between.”
A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.

Charles Bronson
Raymond St. Ives

John Houseman
Abner Procane

Jacqueline Bisset
Janet Whistler

Maximilian Schell
Dr. John Constable

Harry Guardino
Det. Frank Deal

Harris Yulin
Det. Carl Oller

Dana Elcar
Lt. Charles Blunt

Michael Lerner
Myron Green

George Memmoli
Shippo

Dick O'Neill
Hesh
St. Ives is a action, crime, thriller film released in 1976 exploring themes of based on novel or book, swimming pool, shootout, gunfight, writer, machine gun. Directed by J. Lee Thompson, it stars Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset. A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
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