The film is "mostly true," based on a 2003 New Yorker article by David Grann. It follows (Redford), a career criminal and prison escape artist who, at the age of 70, escaped from San Quentin and went right back to robbing banks. The Old Man & the Gun - Midwest Film Journal
(2018) is a low-key biographical crime film directed by David Lowery . It serves as a charming "swan song" for Hollywood legend Robert Redford , who announced it would be his final starring role. Plot & True Story Old Man & the Gun