Trailer for The Friends of Eddie Coyle.
In one of the best performances of his legendary career, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle in Peter Yates's adaptation of George V. Higgins's acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. World-weary and living hand to mouth, Coyle works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld just to make ends meet. But when he finds himself facing a second stretch of hard time, he's forced to weigh loyalty to his criminal colleagues against snitching to stay free. Directed with a sharp eye for its gritty locales and an open heart for its less-than-heroic characters, this is one of the true treasures of 1970s Hollywood filmmaking--a suspenseful crime drama in stark, unforgiving daylight.
1 min 28 sec
Views
6,118
Posted On
August 31, 2010
Peter Yates
Writer
George V. Higgins
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Release
June 27, 1973
Robert Mitchum
Peter Boyle
Richard Jordan
Steven Keats
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