'The 15:17 to Paris' review: Headline-grabbing true story becomes lackluster Hollywood movie
by Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Feb 08, 2018
3 minutes
In 1921, Louis Sonney, having single-handedly captured bandit Roy Gardner, "the most hunted man in Pacific Coast history," played himself in a film called "Crime Doesn't Pay" and then toured the nation with it on the Pantages vaudeville circuit.
In 1955, Congressional Medal of Honor winner Audie Murphy, America's most decorated World War II soldier, played himself in a Technicolor and Cinemascope version of his wartime exploits, "To Hell and Back," which became a major hit.
Now, in 2018, Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and
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