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Robert Mitchum's grizzled and vulnerable performance as a down-on-his luck Quincy gunrunner makes The Friends of Eddie Coyle one movie that every Bostonian ought to see.

WATCH: "THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE" Martin Scorsese's 2006 Oscar-winner "The Departed" owes a notable debt to Peter Yates' great, Boston-set-and-shot 1973 crime noir "The Friends of Eddie Coyle." Based on a novel by Boston reporter-turned-novelist George V. Higgins, the film tells the semi-tragic tale of Eddie "Fingers" Coyle and presages the whole ...

The gangster heist movie to which all other heist movies pay homage. This French flick also features a 32-minute burglary sequence without dialogue or music.

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Wherein our movie critic periodically shares what DVDs he's been viewing in his spare time ... "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" : A terrific, taut crime drama about informers and their pals.

This week's picks include a Van Morrison concert exclusive, a WWII drama and a Robert Mitchum classic.

In the pantheon of movie tough guys, it's tough to top Robert Mitchum. Whether playing a world-weary private eye in "Out of the Past," a vengeful ex-con in "Cape Fear" or a murderous preacher in "Night of the Hunter," Mitchum was the guy you didn't dare mess with.