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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Why this pick
Its plainspoken 1970s realism, procedural detail and quietly doomed moral atmosphere closely match Electra Glide in Blue’s unsentimental view of crime and authority.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1973 1h 54m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
John Wintergreen is a motorcycle cop who patrols the rural Arizona highways with his partner Zipper. Wintergreen is an experienced patrolman looking to be transferred to the Homicide unit. When he is informed by Crazy Willie of an apparent suicide via shotgun, Wintergreen believes the case is actually a murder as the victim has shot himself in the chest rather than the head, which is more usual. Detective Harve Poole agrees it is a homicide, after a .22 bullet is found amongst the pellets in the man's chest during the autopsy, as well as hearing about a possible missing $5,000 ($ today) from the man's home, and arranges for Wintergreen to be transferred to homicide to help with the case.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Mitchell Ryan
Harve Poole
Billy Green Bush
Zipper
Jeannine Riley
Jolene
Robert Blake
John Wintergreen
Elisha Cook Jr.
Willie
Nick Nolte
Hippie Kid