The Friends of Eddie Coyle
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Synopsis
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.
Cast
- Robert Mitchum
- Peter Boyle
- Richard Jordan
- Steven Keats
- Alex Rocco
- Joe Santos
- Mitchell Ryan
- Helena Carroll
- Peter MacLean
- Kevin O'Morrison
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- Jan 4, 2022
A miserable, unglamorous street-level depiction of the dog-eat-dog economy of the Boston underworld, true to Higgins’ functional, realistic crime plotting and colorful, regionally specific dialogue born from his time as an assistant US attorney putting these kinds of men…
Josh LewisOct 29, 2020All you need to make a perfect crime flick is a couple of handguns and a handful of balding men who look like alcoholic longshoremen
nickusenMay 4, 2024FYI Robert Mitchum's IMDB bio calls him "an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest" and says his nickname was Ol Rumple Eyes
David Sims - Feb 18, 2013
Robert Mitchum may be my all-time favorite actor, and I can think of no more ideal late-career role for him than as an aging, defeated crook who tries to sell out his "friends" to avoid another few years up the river, but winds up playing a rigged game. What struck me most…
Scott TobiasApr 13, 2014"Can you imagine being a kid like that? What is he, 24 or something? Greatest hockey player in the world. Number four, Bobby Orr. Jeez, what a future he’s got, huh?"
matt lynchJul 9, 2021“The Friends of Eddie Coyle” is the anti-buddy cop movie. It’s the opposite of a heist team up. It’s a late in life portrait of relationships maintained through pragmatism alone. What’s seen in “Coyle” is not a social contract that could be called ruthless, or even…
theriverjordan - Dec 5, 2020
Peter Boyle just always looked like that. I think he was 18 in this movie.
Branson ReeseAug 12, 2020Peter Yates's THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE is a masterpiece! A crime procedural with an emphasis more on characters & dialogue than creating action spectacles. Top-notch photography & a colorful cast of characters, led by an extraordinary performance from Robert Mitchum. One…
NakulAug 14, 202253th Review for The Collab Weekly Movie Watch An intricate and very slick crime drama, as they could only produce in the 1970s. Something about the style, I'm not sure why, reminded me of John Le Carre, or rather, his books' big screen adaptations, where what it lacks in…
Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine
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- mason williams lovedThe Friends of Eddie Coyle
One of the best movies ever made. It gets better every time I watch it.
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Metacritic
The Friends of Eddie Coyle works so well because Eddie is played by Robert Mitchum, and Mitchum has perhaps never been better.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
The Friends of Eddie Coyle is so beautifully acted and so well set (in and around Boston's pool halls, parking lots, side-streets, house trailers and barrooms) that it reminds me a good deal of John Huston's Fat City. It also has that film's ear for the way people talk—for sentences that begin one way and end another, or are stuffed with excess pronouns.
Vincent Canby
The New York Times
Mitchum doesn’t remotely overshadow the film’s first-rate ensemble of character actors.
Bill Weber
Slant Magazine
Frequently Asked Questions
Is The Friends of Eddie Coyle family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is The Friends of Eddie Coyle?
The movie is 1hr 42min long.
What's The Friends of Eddie Coyle about?
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.
Who's the cast of The Friends of Eddie Coyle?
- 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
- Mitchell Ryan as Waters
- Helena Carroll as Sheila Coyle
- Peter MacLean as Mr. Partridge
- Kevin O'Morrison as Bank Manager 2
Who's the director behind The Friends of Eddie Coyle?
Peter Yates directed The Friends of Eddie Coyle.
Who produced The Friends of Eddie Coyle?
Paul Monash produced The Friends of Eddie Coyle.
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