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| The Friends of Eddie Coyle | |
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| Directed by | Peter Yates |
| Screenplay by | Paul Monash |
| Based on | The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1972 novel by George V. Higgins |
| Produced by | Paul Monash |
| Starring | Robert Mitchum Peter Boyle Richard Jordan Steven Keats |
| Cinematography | Victor J. Kemper |
| Edited by | Patricia Lewis Jaffe |
| Music by | Dave Grusin |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a 1973 American neo-noir[1] crime film starring Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle and directed by Peter Yates. The screenplay by Paul Monash was adapted from the 1970 novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins.
The film tells the story of Eddie Coyle (Mitchum), a small-time career hoodlum in the Irish Mob in Boston, Massachusetts. The title is purely ironic: Eddie has no friends.
While critical reception was positive, with particular praise for Mitchum's performance, the movie was not popular with filmgoers and failed to rank in the top 30 either in 1973 (when it was released mid-year) or 1974, and failed to recoup its budget in combined box office.
- ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5