Life of Crime (film) critics. Life of Crime (film) Life of Crime is a 2013 American black comedy crime film written and directed by Daniel Schechter, based on Elmore Leonard's novel "The Switch" (1978), which includes characters later revisited in his novel "Rum Punch" (1992), which was adapted into the Quentin Tarantino film "Jackie Brown" (1997). "Life of Crime" was screened on the closing night 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, at the 2014 Traverse City Film Festival and released in theaters on August 29, 2014. In Detroit in 1978, stoic socialite Mickey Dawson becomes
Jackson County Jail (film) (à la 1972's "The Legend of Boggy Creek", 1973's "Walking Tall", 1974's "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre", 1975's "Macon County Line" and 1976's "The Town That Dreaded Sundown") when most, if not all, of what was portrayed on screen was outright fiction. The film has become a cult movie. In 1996, it was selected by film director Quentin Tarantino for the first Quentin Tarantino Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Film critic Danny Peary lists the film as one of his "Must See" Films in his "Guide for the Film Fanatic" (1986). Jackson County Jail (film) Jackson County Jail is an