Plenty of films are based on surprising true stories—but few are quite as unbelievable as the actual crime saga that inspired Roofman . The new film stars Channing Tatum as Jeffrey Manchester, a convicted thief who makes a daring escape from prison, then spends about six months surreptitiously living inside a Toys “R” Us. While hiding out in the store, he falls in love with sales associate Leigh ( Kirsten Dunst ), a recent divorcée who has no idea she’s dating an escaped convict.

The real Manchester actually did escape from prison in 2004 after being caught for burglarizing dozens of fast food restaurants—burrowing in through their roofs, which is how he got the sobriquet that titles the film. As the movie shows, he really was known for being surprisingly considerate, always

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