Lawrence Tierney

Tierney told police he'd come to visit the woman "had just gotten there and Lawrence Tierney just went out the window". He was 75 years old and still the toughest guy in the bar!"


Off-screen troubles
Tierney's numerous arrests for being drunk and disorderly and jail terms for assault of civilians and lawmen alike took a toll on his career. Advertised as a tale "written in bullets blood and blondes" Dillinger was initially banned in Chicago and other cities where the felon had operated.

". Commenting on the DVD release of a Tierney film in 2005 a New York Times critic observed "The hulking Tierney was not so much an actor as a frightening force of nature.