The Newton Boys

"History is about to catch up with America's most successful bank robbers."

Mar 27 1998 PG-13 2h 2m
Action, Crime, Drama

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. They become very famous robbers and execute the greatest train robbery in American history five years later.

Plot

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. They become very famous robbers, and five years later execute the greatest train robbery in American history.

Written by

Claude Stanush, Richard Linklater, Clark Walker

Directed by

Richard Linklater

Cast

Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Detour Filmproduction, 20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
The Newton Boys Trailer 1998
Scores
# of Votes
13,166
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
57
Popularity
NA