By The Gun is a French / Italian - financed production filmed on location in Boston. Written by Emilio Mauro, a Boston Native of Italian American descent based on real life dealings with the current state of the mafia in the Boston's North End. By The Gun tells the gritty story of Nick Tortano ( Ben Barnes ), a smooth-talking, ambitious young man from the streets of Boston. Millennium Entertainment will release BY THE GUN in theaters and OnDemand/iTunes December 5, 2014. A good kid at heart, Nick got caught up in the street lifestyle he was exposed to while growing up in Boston’s North End. He began running with the wrong crowd and was soon fully immersed in a life of petty crime. The eldest son of two first generation Italian parents, Nick always felt the pressure to contribute to the family’s American dream, especially once that dream stopped making ends meet. After his mother passed, his father ( Paul Ben-Victor ) refused to accept his help financially, even though it wa
