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By 1926, Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston police captain, defies his proper upbringing by climbing a ladder of organized crime that takes him from Boston to Ybor City, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, where he encounters a dangerous cast of characters who are all ...
Live by Night is a 2016 American gangster film written, directed, produced by and starring Ben Affleck. Based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane , the film follows an ambitious Ybor City bootlegger (Affleck) who becomes a notorious gangster . [ 5 ]
He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including A Drink Before the War. Four of his novels have been adapted into films of the same names: Clint Eastwood 's Mystic River (2003), Martin Scorsese 's Shutter Island (2010), and Gone Baby Gone (2007) and Live by Night ...
They Live by Night is a 1948 American film noir directed by Nicholas Ray in his directorial debut and starring Cathy O'Donnell and Farley Granger. Based on Edward Anderson's Depression-era novel Thieves Like Us , the film follows a young fugitive who falls in love with a woman and attempts to begin a life with her.
Nightbooks is a 2021 American dark fantasy film directed by David Yarovesky and written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis.It is based on the 2018 horror-fantasy children's book of the same name by J. A. White.
The Given Day is a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive by grounding the present in the lessons of the past. When Mr. Lehane writes of “a man who wore his power like a white suit on a coal black night,” he could be writing about a distant time — or writing about his own. [2]
The Long Night: Mr. Tully - the Janitor Uncredited 1947 The Trouble with Women: Commissioner Uncredited 1947 Keeper of the Bees: Dr. Grayson 1947 Mother Wore Tights: Withers 1947 Cynthia: Gus Wood 1947 Along the Oregon Trail: Jim Bridger 1947 Wild Harvest: Mike Alperson 1948 Relentless: Sam - the Horse Dealer 1948 The Inside Story: J.J. Johnson ...
City of Night is a novel written by John Rechy. It was originally published in 1963 in New York by Grove Press. Earlier excerpts had appeared in Evergreen Review, Big Table, Nugget, and The London Magazine. City of Night is notable for its exposé approach to and stark depiction of hustling, as well as its stream of consciousness narrative style.