After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.
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Eddie's friends are numerous, but the term friends is suspect. As a small time hood Eddie is about to go back to jail. In order to escape this fate he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. Simultaneously he is supplying arms to his bank robbing/kidnapping hoodlum chums. But who else is dealing with the feds? Who gets the blame for snitching on the bank robbers? Written by MovieMaster
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It's a grubby, violent, dangerous world. But it's the only world they know. And they're the only friends Eddie has.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
27 June 1973 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die Freunde von Eddie Coyle See more »Filming Locations:
Boston Bowl - 820 William T. Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle: You better, or neither of us will be able to shake hands.
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A key scene takes place at a NHL game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins. Bobby Orr and Gerry Cheevers are seen playing for the Bruins and Keith Magnuson, Tony Esposito, Bill White, Pat Stapleton and Cliff Korall are seen playing for the Blackhawks. See more »Goofs
At the hockey game, Eddie and Dillon arrive and sit together. Eddie goes to get beer for them, he is wearing his jacket. When he arrives back at their seats, Eddie's coat is folded and hanging on the rail in front of their seats. See more »Quotes
Jackie Brown: You can't trace these guns, I guarantee that.Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle: You better, or neither of us will be able to shake hands.
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A successful adaptation of a great novel. Yates unpretentious and minimalistic direction is effective and the Boston settings appropriately gloomy with wonderful washed out cinematography. Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle give superb performances. One of the unsung films of the seventies.