“Welcome to the bank robbery capital of America.”
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
Ben Affleck
Doug MacRay
Jeremy Renner
James "Jem" Coughlin
Rebecca Hall
Claire Keesey
Jon Hamm
FBI S.A. Adam Frawley
Blake Lively
Krista Coughlin
George Carroll
Albert "Gloansy" Magloan
Pete Postlethwaite
Fergus "Fergie" Colm
Owen Burke
Desmond "Dez" Elden
Titus Welliver
Dino Ciampa
Chris Cooper
Stephen MacRay
The Town is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 2010 exploring themes of drug dealer, based on novel or book, ambulance, boston, massachusetts, money laundering, irish-american. Directed by Ben Affleck, it stars Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall. Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
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