The Friends of Eddie Coyle
- Original title
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle
- Year
- 1973
- Running time
- 102 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Paul Monash. Novel: George V. Higgins
- Cast
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- Robert Mitchum
- Peter Boyle
- Richard Jordan
- Steven Keats
- Alex Rocco
- Mitchell Ryan
- Joe Santos
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Thriller. Drama | Crime. Neo-noir. Heist Film
- Synopsis
- In one of the best performances of his legendary career, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie “Fingers” Coyle in Peter Yates’s adaptation of George V. Higgins’s acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. World-weary and living hand to mouth, Coyle works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld just to make ends meet. But when he finds himself facing a second stretch of hard time, he’s forced to weigh loyalty to his criminal colleagues against snitching to stay free. Directed with a sharp eye for its gritty locales and an open heart for its less-than-heroic characters, this is one of the true treasures of 1970s Hollywood filmmaking - a suspenseful crime drama in stark, unforgiving daylight.
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