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* ActorSharedBackground: Alex Rocco was a native of Somerville who'd been associated with the real Winter Hill gang the book and film are based on. He'd even been detained and questioned over the murder of Charlestown Mob member Bernie [=McLaughlin=], an incident that had touched off the Boston Irish Gang War of the 1960s.

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* ActorSharedBackground: Alex Rocco Creator/AlexRocco was a native of Somerville who'd been associated with the real Winter Hill gang the book and film are based on. He'd even been detained and questioned over the murder of Charlestown Mob member Bernie [=McLaughlin=], an incident that had touched off the Boston Irish Gang War of the 1960s.
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* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/PeterYates picked this film as one of his three favorites that he directed (the other two were ''Film/BreakingAway'' and ''Film/TheDresser'').
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* NamesTheSame: The film includes a white, male gun runner named Film/JackieBrown.
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* ThoseTwoActors: Robert Mitchum (Coyle) and Richard Jordan (Foley) play similar roles and share a similar dynamic in a similar movie (Film/TheYakuza), filmed almost immediately following "The Friends of Eddie Coyle." The 2 films' soundtracks were even composed by the same man: Dave Grusin.

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* ThoseTwoActors: Robert Mitchum (Coyle) and Richard Jordan (Foley) play similar roles and share a similar dynamic in ''Film/TheYakuza'', a similar movie (Film/TheYakuza), filmed almost immediately following "The ''The Friends of Eddie Coyle." Coyle''. The 2 two films' soundtracks scores were even composed by the same man: Dave Grusin.Grusin.

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* ThoseTwoActors: Robert Mitchum (Coyle) and Richard Jordan (Foley) play similar roles and share a similar dynamic in a similar movie (Film/TheYakuza), filmed almost immediately following "The Friends of Eddie Coyle."

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* ThoseTwoActors: Robert Mitchum (Coyle) and Richard Jordan (Foley) play similar roles and share a similar dynamic in a similar movie (Film/TheYakuza), filmed almost immediately following "The Friends of Eddie Coyle."" The 2 films' soundtracks were even composed by the same man: Dave Grusin.
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* ThoseTwoActors: Robert Mitchum (Coyle) and Richard Jordan (Foley) play similar roles and share a similar dynamic in a similar movie ("Film/Yakuza"), filmed almost immediately following "The Friends of Eddie Coyle."

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* ThoseTwoActors: Robert Mitchum (Coyle) and Richard Jordan (Foley) play similar roles and share a similar dynamic in a similar movie ("Film/Yakuza"), (Film/TheYakuza), filmed almost immediately following "The Friends of Eddie Coyle."
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* ThoseTwoActors: Robert Mitchum (Coyle) and Richard Jordan (Foley) play similar roles and share a similar dynamic in a similar movie ("Yakuza"), filmed almost immediately following "The Friends of Eddie Coyle."

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* ThoseTwoActors: Robert Mitchum (Coyle) and Richard Jordan (Foley) play similar roles and share a similar dynamic in a similar movie ("Yakuza"), ("Film/Yakuza"), filmed almost immediately following "The Friends of Eddie Coyle."
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* LoopingLines: The film has a few moments of obvious looping, including when Coyle states his age and when Brown first meets Andrea.

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* LoopingLines: The film has a few moments of obvious looping, including when Coyle states his age and when Brown first meets Andrea.Andrea.
* ThoseTwoActors: Robert Mitchum (Coyle) and Richard Jordan (Foley) play similar roles and share a similar dynamic in a similar movie ("Yakuza"), filmed almost immediately following "The Friends of Eddie Coyle."
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* DyeingForYourArt: Robert Mitchum gained weight for his role.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Alex Rocco was a native of Somerville who'd been associated with the real Winter Hill gang the book and film are based on. He'd even been detained and questioned over the murder of Charlestown Mob member Bernie [=McLaughlin=], an incident that had touched off the Boston Irish Gang War of the 1960s.
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* NamesTheSame: The film includes a white, male gun runner named Film/JackieBrown.
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* LoopingLines: The film has a few moments of obvious looping, including when Coyle states his age and when Brown first meets Andrea.

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