The Newton Boys (1998)

  • PG-13
  • 03/26/1998 (US)
  • Crime, Action, Drama
  • 2h 2m

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

Overview

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.

Richard Linklater

Director, Screenplay

Claude Stanush

Screenplay

Clark Walker

Screenplay

Cast

Matthew McConaughey's headshot

Matthew McConaughey

Willis Newton
Skeet Ulrich's headshot

Skeet Ulrich

Joe Newton
Ethan Hawke's headshot

Ethan Hawke

Jess Newton
Vincent D'Onofrio's headshot

Vincent D'Onofrio

Dock Newton
Dwight Yoakam's headshot

Dwight Yoakam

Brentwood Glasscock
Gail Cronauer's headshot

Gail Cronauer

Mia Newton
Julianna Margulies's headshot

Julianna Margulies

Louise Brown
Jena Karam's headshot

Jena Karam

Orphan Singer

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