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The Newton Boys is a 1998 American Western crime film directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Claude Stanush and Clark Lee Walker. It is based on Stanush's 1994 book of the same name, which tells the true story of the Newton Gang, a family of bank and train robbers from Uvalde, Texas.
The Newton Gang (ca. 1919 through 1924) was an outlaw gang of the early 20th century, who engaged in train robbery and bank robbery. From 1919 through 1924 the gang robbed dozens of banks, claiming a total of seventy-five banks [1] and six trains. [1]
Mar 27, 1998 · The Newton Boys: Directed by Richard Linklater. With Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke, Gail Cronauer. The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.
Seeking an escape from poverty, sibling Texas farmers (Matthew McConaughey, Skeet Ulrich, Ethan Hawke) gain notoriety as daring 1920s bank robbers.
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Mar 27, 1998 · The Newton boys were the most successful bank robbers in American history, up until the savings and loan bandits of the 1980s. Operating in the Roaring '20s, they hit as many as 200 banks and then pulled off the nation's biggest train robbery, a mail train heist in northern Illinois.
Four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. The oldest of them, Willis, one day realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become a bank robbers. Soon the family agrees.
The Newton Boys. The true story behind the Newton Gang, America's most successful bank robbers, who from 1919 to 1924, robbed over eighty banks from Texas to Canada. Starring Matthew McConaughey and Ethan Hawke. 936 IMDb 6.1 2 h 2 min 1998. X-Ray PG-13.
Mar 26, 1998 · The four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. One day, the oldest of them, Willis, realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become bank robbers. Soon the family agrees.
The true story of America's most successful bank robbers, who from 1919 to 1924, robbed over eighty banks from Texas to Canada, capping their career with America's largest train robbery. DETAILS.
The Newton Boys is a 1998 American Western crime film directed by Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the screenplay with Claude Stanush and Clark Lee Walker. It is based on Stanush's 1994 book of the same name, which tells the true story of the Newton Gang, a family of bank and train robbers from Uvalde, Texas.
