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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 Boys organization included Doc, the two younger brothers Joe and Jess, and Brentwood Glasscock, an expert with high explosives. The Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal. Willis Newton and his brothers may not be, for most of us, as easily identifiable as Charley Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Or "Baby Face" Nelson. Or John Dillinger. Or Al Capone. They certainly weren't ...
The Newton brothers came of age in Uvalde County, Texas. In their youth, the boys stole watermelons, cotton bales, clothing and firearms. Willis Newton (born in 1889) robbed his first bank at age 25. After more robberies, Willis wrote his brothers and asked them to join him for some work, including two $20 bills in the letter.
Sep 7, 2017 · The Newton Boys. The Newton Boys were a gang of brothers from Uvalde, Texas operating mostly in the 1920s. Probably many people had never heard of them until the 1998 film by that name. The Newtons were Willis, Joe, Jess and Dock (Willis’ twin brother whose birth name was Wylie). In total, they robbed six trains and over 80 banks.
May 9, 2007 · Newton Boys. The Newton boys were a criminal gang composed of brothers Willis, Joe, Jess and Wylie (Doc), who operated mostly in Texas during the 1920s. Willis "Skinny" Newton robbed over eighty banks and six trains from Texas to Canada with his brothers and other outlaws, including the single biggest train robbery in United States history.
Jun 25, 2018 · WWI-veteran Jess Newton died in a VA hospital in 1960. Dock passed away when he was 83 years-old in 1974, having lived with complications from a beating he’d suffered during his final arrest. Willis lived to be 90 years-old, a small businessman in Uvalde. He passed away in 1979. Joe, the youngest of the Newton boys, died in 1989 at the age of 88.
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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.
