The Friends of Eddie Coyle

The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

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Overview

Eddie's friends are numerous, but the term friends is suspect. As a small time hood Eddie is about to go back to jail. In order to escape this fate he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. Simultaneously he is supplying arms to his bank robbing/kidnapping hoodlum chums. But who else is dealing with the feds? Who gets the blame for snitching on the bank robbers?

Featured Crew

George V. Higgins

Novel
Paul Monash

Writer
Peter Yates

Director

Top Billed Cast

Robert Mitchum

Eddie "Fingers" Coyle
Peter Boyle

Dillon
Richard Jordan

Dave Foley
Steven Keats

Jackie Brown
Alex Rocco

Jimmy Scalise
Joe Santos

Artie Van

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Status Released

Original Language English

Runtime 1h 42m

Budget -

Revenue -

Homepage -

Release Information

June 26, 1973
R, Theatrical

Genres

Crime
Drama

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Featured Review

A review by John Chard

9.0

By John Chard

Everybody oughta listen to his mother.

Boston criminal Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle (Robert Mitchum) is in the mire, the cops have him bang to rights and he's facing a long stretch in the big house. However, if he turns informant he will keep out of poky...

For far too long this film had been stuck hidden away in pirate hell, thankfully it finally saw the light of day and can be seen for all its glory. Peter Yates directs and Paul Monash adapts the screenplay from the George V. Higgins novel. Supporting Mitchum are Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats and Alex Rocco. Music is by Dave Grusi... read the rest.

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