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The Friends of Eddie Coyle

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R,1hr 40min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1973
Director:
Peter Yates
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan  ...more
Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle chronicles the last days of a weary Boston-based weapons dealer. Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum) doesn't want to serve a life sentence in prison, so he becomes an informant for both the police and the treasury department. Coyle is likewise unwilling to give up his lifestyle, thus he continues his illegal gun-running operation for the underworld. The mob becomes aware that Eddie is squealing to the cops, so they send his ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a beautifully sad little film that packs a tremendous punch. A gangster film on the surface, it's really a character study, an examination of a little man with little dreams, a guy just trying to keep his head above water when all the bigger guys are making waves that threaten to engulf him. That the man in question is a small-time hood and the bigger guys are amoral policemen ... Full Review
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Robert Mitchum
Eddie Coyle
Peter Boyle
Dillon
Richard Jordan
Foley
Steven Keats
Jackie Brown
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