Watch The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) Free Online

Release Date: 1973

Cast: Robert Mitchum, Joe Santos, Alex Rocco, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Mitchell Ryan, Marvin Lichterman, Steven Keats, Peter MacLean

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Crime Thriller, Crime Drama, Crime, Crime Fiction

The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a 1973 crime film starring Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle. Directed by Peter Yates, the screenplay was adapted from the novel by George V. Higgins. It was released on DVD for the first time from The Criterion Collection on May 19, 2009. The book has also been adapted into a stage play by Bill Doncaster; Stickball Productions held a staged reading in Somerville, Massachusetts, on November 13, 2010, and launched a full production in December, 2011. Eddie Coyle is an aging, low-level gunrunner for a crime organization in Boston, Massachusetts. He is facing... MORE

The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a 1973 crime film starring Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle. Directed by Peter Yates, the screenplay was adapted from the novel by George V. Higgins. It was released on DVD for the first time from The Criterion Collection on May 19, 2009. The book has also been adapted into a stage play by Bill Doncaster; Stickball Productions held a staged reading in Somerville, Massachusetts, on November 13, 2010, and launched a full production in December, 2011. Eddie Coyle is an aging, low-level gunrunner for a crime organization in Boston, Massachusetts. He is facing several years in prison for a truck hijacking in New Hampshire set up by Dillon, who owns a local bar. Coyle's last chance is a sentencing recommendation from an ATF agent, Dave Foley, who demands that Coyle become an informer in return. A gang led by Jimmy Scalise and Artie Van has been pulling a series of robberies in broad daylight at local banks, Coyle having supplied them with guns. Another gun runner, Jackie Brown is in popular demand. Coyle wants to buy more pistols from him while a younger couple is shopping for machine guns. Jackie goes to great lengths to get Coyle what he needs. Coyle LESS