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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Robert Mitchum | ... | Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle | |
| Peter Boyle | ... | Dillon | |
| Richard Jordan | ... | Dave Foley | |
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Steven Keats | ... | Jackie Brown |
| Alex Rocco | ... | Jimmy Scalise | |
| Joe Santos | ... | Artie Van | |
| Mitchell Ryan | ... | Waters | |
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Peter MacLean | ... | Mr. Partridge |
| Kevin O'Morrison | ... | Bank manager #2 | |
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Marvin Lichterman | ... | Vernon |
| Carolyn Pickman | ... | Nancy | |
| James Tolkan | ... | The Man's contact man | |
| Margaret Ladd | ... | Andrea | |
| Matthew Cowles | ... | Pete | |
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Helena Carroll | ... | Sheila Coyle |
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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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bank robbery | ski mask | police informant | neo noir | irish american |Taglines:
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:
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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 »Edit
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$3,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Dave Foley: Yeah, he's a night expeditor in Al's Trucking, but just try to find him there. He works about as much as Santa Claus.
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Peter Boyle found it very difficult to draw a glass of tap beer for his part of a bartender. Director Peter Yates arranged for a correctly-filled glass to be available for Boyle below the camera line. Unseen by the camera eye, Boyle then switched glasses, See more »Goofs
When asked if he got "the magnum mill" the owner of the 71 Road Runner replies that he instead got the 383 Hemi. Chrysler did make a 383 cubic inch engine, but the 383 was never a Hemi. There was a version of the 383 Magnum engine though available for 1971 yet the car's owner did not seem to even know those that designation. See more »Quotes
Waters: [referring to Coyle] Does he work anywhere?Dave Foley: Yeah, he's a night expeditor in Al's Trucking, but just try to find him there. He works about as much as Santa Claus.
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We're all aware of the antihero,well I think this movie has the quintessential "fantastic loser".Excuse me for coining a phrase but this group may go unnoticed otherwise.Along with movies like Fat City,Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (or just about every Warren Oates role)these characters may be the most interesting to watch,and Robert Mitchums performance in this movie has to be the best.Like a character that is hated but still championed it must have been hard to pull off a loser without the audience feeling overwhelming sympathy.I cannot believe when reading about Robert Mitchum that this movie is not mentioned.For me it is unquestionably his finest and most honest.Supporting roles,writing and direction all get high marks as well.One of the finest in a decade of masterpieces.