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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.
Theatrical
Jun 26, 1973
DVD / Blu-ray
May 19, 2009
Theaters
1
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Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Quotes
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Taglines
It's a grubby, violent, dangerous world. But it's the only world they know. And they're the only friends Eddie has.
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Desperation and the Futility of Revenge
Dillon
I heard a guy on television the other night. He was talking about pigeons. He called them "flying rats". I thought that was pretty good. What he had in mind, he was going to give them a pill or something, to make them extinct. Now, uh, here was a guy, who got shit on, probably got shit on again, then he got mad. They ruined his suit or something, so he's going to spend the rest of his life getting even with pigeons, they ruined a four hundred dollar suit. Now, uh, there's no percentage in that, you know, because there's probably ten million pigeons in Boston alone. All of em layin eggs every day, which generally produce more pigeons. All, uh, droppin tons and tons of shit, every day, rain or shine. And this guy in New York, he's goin "well, there just aren't gonna be any more of em in this world." A man gets desperate. He does a few things, he knows it won't work. Pretty soon he quits, packs it in, goes away someplace. That's the only way there is.
Dave Foley
Okay. You gave us Scalise, and we're grateful. You can't talk about Coyle, you can't talk about Coyle. It's all right.
Dillon
Thanks.
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Cast
Full credits →R
Robert Mitchum
Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle
P
Peter Boyle
Dillon
R
Richard Jordan
Dave Foley
S
Steven Keats
Jackie Brown
A
Alex Rocco
Jimmy Scalise
J
Joe Santos
Artie 'Van' Valentropo
M
Mitchell Ryan
Waters
P
Peter MacLean
Mr. Partridge
K
Kevin O'Morrison
Bank manager
M
Marvin Lichterman
Vernon
C
Carolyn Pickman
Nancy
J
James Tolkan
The Man's Contact Man
M
Margaret Ladd
Andrea
M
Matthew Cowles
Pete
H
Helena Carroll
Sheila Coyle
J
Jack Kehoe
The Beard
J
Jan Egleson
Pale Kid
J
Jane House
Wanda
M
Michael McCleery
The Kid
A
Alan Koss
Phil Kenney
