title: Joseph F. Dinneen
text: # 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.
  