A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
Direction
Peckinpah's brutal poetry in motion — slow-mo death never looked so pretty.
Acting
McQueen's ice-blue stare could stop a train; MacGraw matches him beat for beat.
Editing
That hotel room scene — pure tension, no music, just dread.
Director
Sam Peckinpah
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
McQueen and MacGraw fell in love on set and left their spouses for each other — the chemistry you're watching is absolutely real and absolutely messy.
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