The Town: Book vs. Movie
Ben Affleck’s The Town (2010) adapts Chuck Hogan’s 2004 novel Prince of Thieves. A Charlestown bank robber starts a relationship with a former hostage who does not know his role in the crime.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Chuck Hogan
- Year
- 2004
- Pages
- 400Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 16 hr 4 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Richard Ferrone
For Doug MacRay, robbing banks is a livelihood shared with the men he grew up with in Charlestown. His attachment to Claire Keesey, a manager taken hostage during one of their robberies, offers the possibility of a life outside that circle, provided she never learns how they first met. An FBI investigation and the prospect of another major job make leaving his friends and their expectations increasingly difficult.
- Director
- Ben Affleck
- Writer
- Peter Craig, Ben Affleck
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 2 hr 4 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner
- Genre
- crime thriller, Drama, heist
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Bank robber Doug MacRay approaches a former hostage to find out what she remembers about his crew, then begins a relationship without revealing his part in her ordeal. His partner Jem regards the attachment as a danger to men who have depended on one another since childhood. With an FBI agent closing in and another robbery being planned, Doug tries to leave without putting Claire in his crew’s path.
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