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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.
- Original title
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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John Chard
Feb 25, 2016 · via TMDB
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 Mitchum to front up the story? Pic is perpetually downbeat, with the air of despondency hanging over our protagonist like the grim reaper. The underworld painted by Yates and his team is smartly stripped down to basics, it's a world that is after all, always moving in secretive circles. There's no frilly glamour here, there's crime and consequences, realistic street operations, and brilliantly there's believable characterisations. With dialogue dominating the narrative, it's not one for the action junkie - though the set-pieces are superbly staged by Yates, this is a neo-noir of high respect to previous blood lines. And it boasts a quite brilliant turn from Mitchum whilst not copping out at the finale. Noir heads rejoice! 9/10
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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
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Peter MacLean
Mr. Partridge
Kevin O'Morrison
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James Tolkan
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Michael McCleery
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Gustave Johnson
Ames
Sheldon Feldner
Ferris
Ted Maynard
Sauter
Bobby Orr
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
Glenn R. Wilder
Stunts
Peter Yates
Director
Marion Dougherty
Casting
Dave Grusin
Conductor
Ralph Grierson
Musician
Dave Grusin
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