Crime · Drama
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
It’s a grubby, violent, dangerous world. But it’s the only world they know. And they’re the only friends Eddie has.
An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.
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Top 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' Valentropo
Mitchell Ryan
Waters
Peter MacLean
Mr. Partridge
Directed by
Peter Yates
Production
Paramount PicturesReviews
John Chard
9/102/25/2016
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 Grusin and cinematography by Victor J. Kemper. It's a film noir lovers picture, a throw back to the halcyon days of the first wave of noir back in the 1940s. So who better than a battered pug faced Mit
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