The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

★ 7.3 1h 42m IMDb
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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.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

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Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum as Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle Died 1997 · Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor, author, composer and singer. He was ranked #23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male Amer...
Peter Boyle
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Richard Jordan
Richard Jordan as Dave Foley Died 1993 · New York City, New York, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Jordan (July 19, 1937 – August 30, 1993) was an American stage, screen and film actor. A long-time member of the New York Shakespeare Festival, he perfo...
Steven Keats
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Alex Rocco
Alex Rocco as Jimmy Scalise Died 2015 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Alex Rocco (born Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr.; February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive, gravelly voice, he w...
Joe Santos
Joe Santos as Artie 'Van' Valentropo Died 2016 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joe Santos (born June 9, 1931) is an American film and television actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Santos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full...

Audience Reviews

John Chard 9/10 Feb 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 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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