• Peckinpah trademark here with the opening credits sequence does not disappoint. Here we have a stunning freeze frame opening
  • Lucien ballard photography is top notch as is Quincy Jones Score (in the heat of the night).
  • Cross-referenced IMDB and sure enough the harmonica that sounds so familiar is from Toots Thielemans who also does midnight cowboy (1969)- love it
  • The first 10 minutes from free frame credits to montage of McQueen in jail is a stunning opening 10 minutes- it’s a brilliant wordless montage…the film never lives up to that but that alone is nearly worth a top 10 of the year eval
  • Peckinpah is really showing off here as he has a simple lunch meeting and shoots it on a meeting ferry
  • Trademark slow-motion action sequences
  • The film does run out of steam
  • Recommend/ Highly Recommend- top 10 quality film of 1972