What is The Friends of Eddie Coyle / The Nickel Ride about?

Name: The Friends of Eddie Coyle / The Nickel Ride
Genre: Drama

THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, 1973, Paramount, 102 min. Peter Yates (BULLITT) directs Robert Mitchum as small-time hood Eddie, squeezed between his partners and the Feds. Cop Richard Jordan, gun dealer Steven Keats, thief Alex Rocco and bartender Peter Boyle all have their own agenda. Gritty and grim, shot on Boston locations and full of pungent dialogue. THE NICKEL RIDE, 1974, 20th Century Fox, 99 min. Dir. Robert Mulligan. Superb neo-noir with Jason Miller (THE EXORCIST) as a downtown LA stolen goods manager. When his boss, John Hillerman, bids him buy more warehouses, problems snowball for Miller, threatening his ‘career’ and his life. Beautifully realized, from the low-key performances to the evocation of a dying downtown. With Bo Hopkins.

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What is The Friends of Eddie Coyle / The Nickel Ride about?: THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, 1973, Paramount, 102 min. Peter Yates (BULLITT) directs Robert Mitchum as small-time hood Eddie, squeezed between his partners and the Feds. Cop Richard Jordan, gun dealer Steven Keats, thief Alex Rocco and bartender Peter Boyle all have their own agenda. Gritty and grim, shot on Boston locations and full of pungent dialogue.

THE NICKEL RIDE, 1974, 20th Century Fox, 99 min. Dir. Robert Mulligan. Superb neo-noir with Jason Miller (THE EXORCIST) as a downtown LA stolen goods manager. When his boss, John Hillerman, bids him buy more warehouses, problems snowball for Miller, threatening his ‘career’ and his life. Beautifully realized, from the low-key performances to the evocation of a dying downtown. With Bo Hopkins.