# El confidente (1973)

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**Original title**: *The Friends of Eddie Coyle*
**Runtime**: 102 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Peter Yates
**Written by**: Paul Monash
**Starring**: Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Joe Santos

> *It’s a grubby, violent, dangerous world. But it’s the only world they know. And they’re the only friends Eddie has.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Boston winter. A bar’s jukebox skips on Please Mr. Postman.
An aging driver turns informant to dodge a stretch, feeding the ATF the serial numbers he spray-paints on every pistol sold.
This is the quiet country before the bust.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw

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