Film · Crime
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
“It’s a grubby, violent, dangerous world. But it’s the only world they know. And they’re the only friends Eddie has.”
19731h 42mDir Peter Yates7.2TMDB
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.
Top Cast
30 total
Robert Mitchum
as Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle
Peter Boyle
as Dillon
Richard Jordan
as Dave Foley
Steven Keats
as Jackie Brown
Alex Rocco
as Jimmy Scalise
Joe Santos
as Artie 'Van' Valentropo
Mitchell Ryan
as Waters
Peter MacLean
as Mr. Partridge
The scene we cut
Never ask why
"One of the first things I learned is never to ask a man why he's in a hurry." Eddie Coyle orders some guns.
The film is adapted from George V. Higgins' first novel, which he wrote while working as a federal prosecutor in Boston and based on cases he had worked.
All the scenes we have cutOn Film Fanatics
Where The Friends of Eddie Coyle shows up.
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