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 an adaptation by Peter Yates 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.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Peter Yates, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary featuring Yates
- Stills gallery
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and a 1973 on-set profile of actor Robert Mitchum from Rolling Stone
New cover by Michael Boland
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Peter Yates, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary featuring Yates
- Stills gallery
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and a 1973 on-set profile of actor Robert Mitchum from Rolling Stone
New cover by Michael Boland
Cast
- Robert Mitchum
- Eddie Coyle
- Peter Boyle
- Dillon
- Richard Jordan
- Dave Foley
- Alex Rocco
- Scalise
- Steven Keats
- Jackie Brown
- Joe Santos
- Artie Van
- Mitchell Ryan
- Waters
- Peter MacLean
- Mr. Partridge
- Margaret Ladd
- Andrea
- Kevin O'Morrisson
- Manager, second bank
Credits
- Director
- Peter Yates
- Producer
- Paul Monash
- Screenplay
- Paul Monash
- Based on the novel by
- George V. Higgins
- Music
- Dave Grusin
- Cinematography
- Victor J. Kemper
- Production design
- Gene Callahan
- Editing
- Patricia Lewis Jaffe
- Associate producer
- Charles Maguire
- Assistant director
- Peter Scoppa
- 2nd assistant director
- Sal Scoppa
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