---
title: 'Badge 373 (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard W. Koch'
released: '1973-07-25'
runtime_minutes: 116
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/badge-373-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069761/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Badge 373 (1973)

1973 · R · 116 min · Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Badge 373 is a 1973 American neo noir crime action thriller film inspired, as was The French Connection, by the life and career of police officer Eddie Egan, here called "Eddie Ryan". The film, which has a screenplay by journalist Pete Hamill, was produced and directed by Howard W. Koch, and stars Robert Duvall as Ryan, with Verna Bloom, Henry Darrow and Eddie Egan himself as a police lieutenant.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Pete Hamill](https://cinepixo.com/people/pete-hamill)
- **Director:** [Howard W. Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-w-koch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [J. J. Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-j-jackson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur J. Ornitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-j-ornitz)

## Cast

- [Robert Duvall](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-duvall) as Eddie Ryan
- [Verna Bloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/verna-bloom) as Maureen
- [Henry Darrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-darrow) as Sweet William
- [Eddie Egan](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-egan) as Scanlon
- [Felipe Luciano](https://cinepixo.com/people/felipe-luciano) as Ruben Garcia
- [Marina Durell](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-durell) as Rita Garcia
- [Luis Ávalos](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-avalos) as Chico
- [Sam Schacht](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-schacht) as Assistant D.A.
- [Orestes Matacena](https://cinepixo.com/people/orestes-matacena) as Drug Dealer
- [Johnny Pacheco](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-pacheco) as Conductor of Carorrojeno Orchestra
- [John Marriott](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-marriott) as Superintendent
- [Rose Ann Scamardella](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-ann-scamardella) as self
- [Pete Hamill](https://cinepixo.com/people/pete-hamill) as Reporter
- [Tracey Walter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tracey-walter) as Delivery Boy
- [Jimmy Archer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-archer) as Tugboat Crew [Member]

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