The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) Reviews & Ratings

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The Friends of Eddie Coyle reviews

The Friends of Eddie Coyle holds a 7.2/10 average from 219 TMDB ratings.

Everybody oughta listen to his mother. Boston criminal Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle (Robert Mitchum) is in the mire, the cops have him bang to rights and he's facing a long stretch in the big house. However, if he turns informant he will keep out of poky... For far too long this film had been stuck hidden away in pirate hell, thankfully it finally saw the light of day and can be seen for all its glory. Peter Yates directs…
— John Chard (9/10)

An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.

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