It’s a grubby, violent, dangerous world. But it’s the only world they know. And they’re the only friends Eddie has.
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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Grave, earnest, classical in form and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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- John Chardon TMDB · Feb 20169/10
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 and Paul Monash adapts the screenplay from the George V. Higgins novel. Supporting Mitchum are Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats and Alex Rocco. Music is by Dave Grusin and cinematography by Victor J. Kemper. It's a film noir lovers picture, a throw back to the halcyon days of the first wave of noir back in the 1940s. So who better than a battered pug faced Mitchum to front up the story? Pic is perpetually downbeat, with the air of despondency hanging over our protagonist like the grim reaper. The underworld painted by Yates and his team is smartly stripped down to basics, it's a world that is after all, always moving in secretive circles. There's no frilly glamour here, there's crime and consequences, realistic street operations, and brilliantly there's believab
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Cast
- Robert MitchumEddie 'Fingers' Coyle
- Peter BoyleDillon
- Richard JordanDave Foley
- Steven KeatsJackie Brown
- Alex RoccoJimmy Scalise
- Joe SantosArtie 'Van' Valentropo
- Mitchell RyanWaters
- Peter MacLeanMr. Partridge
- Kevin O'MorrisonBank manager
- Marvin LichtermanVernon
Crew
- Peter YatesDirector
- Paul MonashWriter
- George V. HigginsNovel
- Victor J. KemperDirector of Photography
- Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
- Pat JaffeEditor
- Paul MonashProducer
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