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The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
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27 June 1973 (USA)
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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.
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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...
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DVD Review: The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Criterion Collection)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Mitchum | ... | Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle |
 | Peter Boyle | ... | Dillon |
 | Richard Jordan | ... | Dave Foley |
| Steven Keats | ... | Jackie Brown |
 | Alex Rocco | ... | Jimmy Scalise |
 | Joe Santos | ... | Artie Van |
 | Mitch Ryan | ... | Waters (as Mitchell Ryan) |
| Peter MacLean | ... | Mr. Partridge |
| Kevin O'Morrison | ... | Bank manager #2 |
| Marvin Lichterman | ... | Vernon |
| Carolyn Pickman | ... | Nancy |
| James Tolkan | ... | The Man's contact man |
| Margaret Ladd | ... | Andrea |
| Matthew Cowles | ... | Pete |
| Helena Carroll | ... | Sheila Coyle |
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102 min
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Boom mic visible: When Eddie talks with Dillon in the bar just after the bank robbers are caught, a mike is visible in the upper part of the screen.
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Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle:
I was thinkin' in terms of you maybe talkin' to the prosecutor up there, and havin' him drop a word to the judge how I been helpin' my Uncle like a bastard?
Dave Foley: Well, I would. But then again you haven't been.
Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle: What? I gave you a couple of calls.
Dave Foley: Yeah, you give me some real stuff, too. You tell me about a guy that's gonna get hit, 15 minutes later he gets hit. You tell me about some guys on a job, but you don't tell me till their coming out the door with the money. That's not helping Uncle, Eddie. You gotta put your whole soul into it.
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Dave Foley: Well, I would. But then again you haven't been.
Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle: What? I gave you a couple of calls.
Dave Foley: Yeah, you give me some real stuff, too. You tell me about a guy that's gonna get hit, 15 minutes later he gets hit. You tell me about some guys on a job, but you don't tell me till their coming out the door with the money. That's not helping Uncle, Eddie. You gotta put your whole soul into it.
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Referenced in Jackie Brown (1997)
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What a great movie! One of the most realistic stories of the small-time criminal. Robert Mitchuim gives an outstanding performance as Eddie Coyle, a small-time Irish gangster who works both sides of the fence. Richard Jordan in a fine supporting role as a hard-nosed detective out to burst a gang of well-trained bank robbers. Alex Rocco as a no-nonsense bank robber, and Peter Boyle as the stoolie/hit-man.
The movie however is stolen by the late Steven Keats. Keats plays a gun runner who sells machine guns out of the trunk of his sport's car. The friends of Eddie Coyle is extremely well-acted, grittly filmed, and low-key. It has a brutally shocking and surprising ending. An outstanding movie which for some strange reason hasn't found it's way to DVD or video.