Two teenagers fresh out of stir set their sights on what looks like easy money in this classic thriller from 1958 only to get a painful education in how quickly and drastically a simple plan can spin out of control. Dolores Hitchens wrote crime novels that were both tough and compassionate with a sharp eye for the emotional scars that violence leaves. The basis for JeanLuc Godards film Band of Outsiders Fools Gold is a swift and unadorned tale of three young peopletwo boys just released after