Joseph F. Dinneen

Joseph Francis Dinneen (1897–1964) was a crime reporter for The Boston Globe. He wrote several books and articles, many of which were adapted for film.

Books

• Yankee Fighter: The Story of an American in the Free French Foreign Legion (1943), co-authored with John F. "Jack" Hasey
• The Purple Shamrock (1949), a biography of James Michael Curley
• Underworld U.S.A (1956), the story of a growth of a criminal empire
• Ward Eight (1936)
• The Anatomy of a Crime (1954), early book on Great Brink's robbery
• The Great Brinks Holdup (1961), co-authored with Sid Feder

Films

• Six Bridges to Cross (story "They Stole $25,000,000 - And Got Away with It")
• Let Us Live (story "Murder in Massachusetts")
• Underworld U.S.A.

References