--- title: 'The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)' type: 'film' director: 'Peter Yates' released: '1973-01-01' runtime_minutes: 102 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Action' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-friends-of-eddie-coyle-1973' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070077/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) 1973 · R · 102 min · Action, Crime · United States ## Synopsis The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a 1973 American neo-noir crime drama film directed by Peter Yates, adapted by Paul Monash from the 1970 novel by George V. Higgins. It stars Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, and Richard Jordan. 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. The plot is inspired by the real-life Winter Hill Gang. ## Credits - **Director:** [Peter Yates](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-yates) - **Screenplay:** [Paul Monash](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-monash) - **Producer:** [Paul Monash](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-monash) - **Original Music Composer:** [Dave Grusin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dave-grusin) - **Director of Photography:** [Victor J. Kemper](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-j-kemper) ## Cast - [Mitchell Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-ryan) - [Jack Kehoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-kehoe) - [Alex Rocco](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-rocco) - [Steven Keats](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-keats) - [Richard Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-jordan) - [Peter Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-boyle) - [Joe Santos](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-santos) - [Margaret Ladd](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-ladd) - [Robert Mitchum](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mitchum) - [James Tolkan](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-tolkan) - [Helena Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-carroll) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-friends-of-eddie-coyle-1973 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2184262); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.