Jackie Brown Alex Rocco. Jimmy Scalise Joe Santos. But who else is dealing with the feds? The Friends of Eddie Coyle shares some irony with the Spanish title and the English soundtrack is flawless. Simultaneously he is supplying arms to his bank robbing/kidnapping hoodlum chums. Fandango FANALERT® Sign up for a FANALERT® and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. Genres: Heist Film, Gangster Film, New Hollywood, Neo-Noir. "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" chronicles a fascinating assortment of lowlives and criminals, chief amongst them Eddie Coyle, a low level fixture in the Boston crime scene who seems to be a glorified middle man, getting guns from gun runners and then getting them into the hands of bank robbers. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In order to escape this fate, he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. The Friends of Eddie Coyle, published in 1970, is the debut novel of George V. Higgins, then an Assistant United States Attorney in Boston. The early-to-mid '70s gave him one of the best runs of his career. Eddie Coyle … ENTER CITY, STATE OR ZIP CODE GO. In one of the best performances of his legendary career, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie “Fingers” Coyle in an adaptation by Peter Yates of George V. Higgins’s acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Starring: Peter Boyle, Robert Mitchum. Rated the #22 best film of 1973, and #1109 in the greatest all-time movies (according to RYM users). Full Cast & Crew: The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) Cast (29) Robert Mitchum. Though, it is The Friends of Eddie Coyle that adds … Without ever rising to the top, Eddie has been employed in organized crime for most of his life. As a small time hood, Eddie is about to go back to jail. Dillon Richard Jordan. The classic novel from America's best crime novelist ( Time ), with a new introduction by Dennis Lehane George V. Higgins's seminal crime novel is a down-and-dirty tale of thieves Read the The Friends of Eddie Coyle movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on Movies.com. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing The Friends of Eddie Coyle near you. The film tells the story of Eddie Coyle (Mitchum), a small-time member of the Irish Mob in Boston, Massachusetts. The Friends of Eddie Coyle [George Higgins] on Amazon.com. Previous Cast Members More Cast Members. World-weary and living hand to mouth, Coyle works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld just to make ends meet. "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" is one of the better crime dramas to emerge from the 1970s. 1973' The Friends of Eddie Coyle; 1974' The Yakuza and 1975' Farewell, My Lovely. Too many, as it turns out. Directed by: Peter Yates. Someone remarks of Eddie, about halfway through “The Friends of Eddie Coyle,” that for a two-bit hood, he has fingers in a lot of pies.