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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Why this pick
Its worn-down 1970s realism, terse dialogue, and fatalistic criminal world echo the stripped-back toughness of Rolling Thunder.
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MOVIE1977 1h 35m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A recently-returned Vietnam POW loses his family and his right hand during a violent home invasion and seeks retribution against those responsible.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
William Devane
Major Charles Rane
Linda Haynes
Linda Forchet
Lisa Blake Richards
Janet (as Lisa Richards)
Lawrason Driscoll
Cliff
James Victor
Lopez
Cassie Yates
Candy
Jane Abbott
Sister
Jerry Brown
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