Tag Archives: great depression

Hard Times (1975)

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Walter Hill Writers: Walter Hill and Bryan Gindoff & Bruce Henstell (Story by Bryan Gindoff & Bruce Henstell

Posted in Crime, Drama, Sports | Tagged 1930s, 1975, bare knuckle, barry de vorzon, barry devorzon, bet, boxer, boxing, bruce henstell, bryan gindoff, charles bronson, crime, depression era, drama, fight, fighter, fighting, gambling, great depression, hard times, james coburn, jill ireland, lawrence gordon, louisiana, m.c. gainey, new orleans, philip h. lathrop, philip lathrop, prize fighter, roger spottiswoode, sport, sports, street fighter, strother martin, walter hill | Leave a comment

Public Enemies (2009)

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Ronan Bennett and Michael Mann & Ann Biderman (Based on the book “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34” by Bryan Burrough)

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1930s, 2009, action, adaptation, agent, ann biderman, baby face nelson, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bill camp, billy crudup, bryan burrough, carey mulligan, channing tatum, christian bale, cop, crime, crime wave, dante spinotti, david wenham, diana krall, drama, elliot goldenthal, emilie de ravin, fbi, gangster, giovanni ribisi, government, great depression, heist, historical, history, hostage, investigation, j. edgar hoover, jason clarke, jeffrey ford, john dillinger, john ortiz, johnny depp, kevin misher, leelee sobieski, mafia, manhunt, marion cotillard, michael mann, money, numbers, paul rubell, police, pretty boy floyd, public enemies, ronan bennett, shootout, stephen dorff, stephen graham, stephen lang, true story, vault | Leave a comment

Boxcar Bertha (1972)

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Martin Scorsese Writers: Joyce H. Corrington & John William Corrington (Based on the book by Ben L. Reitman)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Romance | Tagged adaptation, barbara hershey, ben l. reitman, boxcar bertha, crime, criminals, david carradine, drama, great depression, john william corrington, joyce h. corrington, martin scorsese, railroad, revenge, roger corman, romance, union leader | Leave a comment

Paper Moon (1973)

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Peter Bogdanovich Writer: Alvin Sargent (Based on the novel “Addie Pray” by Joe David Brown)

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1973, adaptation, addie pray, alvin sargent, bible, black and white, comedy, con man, crime, daughter, drama, father, francis ford coppola, frank marshall, great depression, joe david brown, john hillerman, kansas, madeline kahn, missouri, paper moon, peter bogdanovich, randy quaid, road trip, ryan o'neal, tatum o'neal, william friedkin | Leave a comment

Boxcar Bertha (1972)

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Martin Scorsese Writers: Joyce H. Corrington & John William Corrington (Based on the book “Sisters of the Road” by Ben L. Reitman)

Posted in Drama, Romance, Thriller | Tagged adaptation, barbara hershey, ben l. reitman, boxcar, boxcar bertha, corrington, crime, criminal, david carradine, depression, depression era, drama, fight, great depression, john carradine, john william corrington, joyce h, kill, martin scorsese, murder, rail road, rob, roger corman, romance, sisters of the road, steal, thriller, train, true story, union | Leave a comment

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Ford Writer: Nunnally Johnson (Based on the novel by John Steinbeck)

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1940, academy award, adaptation, california, drama, farm, foreclosure, great depression, henry fonda, homeless, jail, jane darwell, john carradine, john ford, john steinbeck, midwest, murder, nunnally johnson, the grapes of wrath, tom joad | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: great depression

Hard Times (1975)

Public Enemies (2009)

Boxcar Bertha (1972)

Paper Moon (1973)

Boxcar Bertha (1972)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

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