Talk:The Friends of Eddie Coyle

Boston Hitman source
Bostman Hitman is a source maintain by Howie Carr, a prominent Boston journalist and an expert on the Boston underworld.Shemp Howard, Jr. (talk) 16:02, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
 * So what? The page link you provided says nothing about Robert Mitchum.  It only sources that Pettricone had an association with the Boston Mob, then became an actor, and appeared in the film.  That cannot be used to source the claim that Mitchum met with mobsters. ---  RepublicanJacobite  TheFortyFive  16:30, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
 * You know, you're right. Re-reading it, I see that it is extraneous information. Sorry if I've been tetchy ont the subject. Let's work together to make this better!Shemp Howard, Jr. (talk) 17:05, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Bobby Orr Reference
Bobby Orr is a critical reference in the film as not only was he a superstar that represented Boston in the 1970s (as Carl Yasztremski did in the 1960s), but he represents the future that Coyle lacks, which is made explicit in the dialogue.(Shemp Howard, Jr. (talk) 16:03, 13 April 2012 (UTC))

Misquote incorrectly attributed to John Wayne
There is a misquote from this movie that has long been popularly and incorrectly attributed to John Wayne, usually in Sands of Iwo Jima:

"'Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.'"

John Wayne never spoke a line even remotely similar to this in Sands of Iwo Jima. The actual quote comes from The Friends of Eddie Coyle, and is spoken by Jackie Brown (Stephen Keats) at time index 0:49:00 in the 2009 Criterion DVD release:

"This life's hard, man, but it's harder if you're stupid!"

— 174.85.100.143 (talk) 19:05, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Whoever wrote this plot summary is a pretty good writer.
I've been devouring Wiki articles of every type since the beginning, and I've never come across anything like it. It's a good summary (most Wikipedia summaries are) but what stood out here is that this one is especially vivid and pure, even faithful to the compact, tough, gritty style of the book and the time and place. And it's good -- hell, some of it's great: "slink their barge"..."disappear into the rain-splattered night"...etc.

Anyway, that's all I got. I just had to say... 65.92.32.159 (talk) 15:31, 19 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Yup, I got a real kick out of it. Screw the "quality standards," we need more plot summaries like that. JimmyHollywood1994 (talk) 17:17, 28 January 2022 (UTC)