Where They Went

The Getaway (1972)

Directed by Sam Peckinpah

Paroled from a Texas prison on condition he rob a bank, Doc McCoy and his wife Carol run across Texas with the money, chased by a double-crossing partner and hired guns, toward El Paso and the Mexican border.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1State prison
    Huntsville, Texas
    ≈ 00:00:00
    Inferred

    Doc is denied parole and tells Carol to make a deal with the crooked board member Beynon.

  2. 2San Antonio, Texas
    ≈ 00:10:00
    Inferred

    Freed, Doc meets Beynon in San Antonio, who sets the terms of the bank job.

  3. 3Bank robbery
    Beacon City, Texas (fictional)
    ≈ 00:20:00
    Stated on screenFictional

    Doc's crew robs the bank; a partner dies and Rudy tries to kill Doc at the farmyard rendezvous.

  4. 4Beynon's ranch
    San Antonio, Texas
    ≈ 00:38:00
    Inferred
  5. 5Train station
    San Antonio, Texas
    ≈ 00:50:00
    Inferred
  6. 6Landfill
    El Paso, Texas
    ≈ 01:20:00
    Inferred
  7. 7Laughlin Hotel, El Paso (fictional)
    ≈ 01:30:00
    Stated on screenFictional
  8. 8Across the border
    Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
    ≈ 01:52:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
1,283 km
Places
6
Countries
2
Stops
8
  • Not shown: 808 km
  • Car: 475 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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