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Saturday, 25 January 2020

End of His Rope


        Eddie Coyle is a small-time loser at the end of his rope, but the marvelous thing about Mitchum is that he doesn't play him as a groveling, uncourageous man. He imparts to the role a quiet dignity the character in the book lacked. I think Mitchum radiates a genuine presence. Above all, you can say about Mitchum that he is.

excerpt from
Robert Mitchum : The Last Celluloid Desperado
Grover Lewis
Rolling Stone
1973

image
on set of
Friends of Eddie Coyle

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/robert-mitchum-the-last-celluloid-desperado-2-226829/

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