Rum Punch Rum Punch Rum Punch is a 1992 novel written by Elmore Leonard. The novel was adapted into the film "Jackie Brown" (1997) by director Quentin Tarantino, although the movie changed the setting to Los Angeles. The characters Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara first appeared in Leonard's novel, "The Switch", which itself has also been adapted as a film, "Life of Crime", first shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, with Robbie played by Mos Def and Gara portrayed by John Hawkes. Set in both West Palm Beach and Miami, "Rum Punch" follows Jackie Burke, a forty-four-year-old stewardess for a
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