Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum) is facing a difficult choice: do time for running liquor and cigarettes for the Mob, or snitch to the cops on his underworld associates.
This would make a good double-feature with The Departed, if you wanted to stick with Boston, or Goodfellas if you just wanted crime. For Mitchum-centric, you should do this and the original Cape Fear.
For all that, this wasn't my favorite gangster movie. It felt very predictable and by-the-numbers to me, but that could have just been the mood I was in. I can't really find fault with it. It's appropriately grimy for the time period, it's well-shot and well-acted. I just didn't like it all that much. It's a little hard to find, but it is available to rent on Amazon or Apple, and you can own the Criterion Collection blu-ray for a cool $31.
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