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The friends of Eddie Coyle
Title:
The friends of Eddie Coyle
Author:
Monash, Paul, 1917-2003.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (videodisc) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.).
Summary:
World-weary and living hand to mouth, small-time gunrunner Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle (Mitchum) works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld. But when he finds himself facing a second stretch of hard time, he's forced to weigh loyalty to his criminal colleagues against snitching to stay free.
General Note:
[Special ed.], widescreen.

Criterion Collection: CC1803D.

MPAA rating: R.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Based on the novel by George V. Higgins.

Special features: New transfer, approved by director Peter Yates; audio commentary featuring Peter Yates; stills gallery; essays "They were expendable" by Kent Jones and "The last celluloid desperado" by Grover Lewis.

Videodisc release of the 1973 motion picture by Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781604651430
UPC:
715515044813
Format :
DVD