The four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. One day, the eldest, Willis, realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become bank robbers. Soon, they gain notoriety and, five years later, execute the greatest train robbery in American history.
Matthew McConaughey
as Willis Newton
Skeet Ulrich
as Joe Newton
Ethan Hawke
as Jess Newton
Vincent D'Onofrio
as Dock Newton
Dwight Yoakam
as Brentwood Glasscock
Gail Cronauer
as Mia Newton
Julianna Margulies
as Louise Brown
Jena Karam
as Orphan Singer
Casey McAuliffe
as Orphan Singer
Regina Mae Matthews
as Orphan Fiddler
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Richard Linklater has tried hard with his cast here, but somehow this tale of the real life Newton gang whose criminal career culminated in one of America's most infamous train robberies just doesn't catch fire - at all. Matthew McConaughey (Willis) leads his brothers Jess (Ethan Hawke), Joe (Sweet ...