The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

Richard Jordan: Dave Foley

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• Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle : I shoulda known better than to trust a cop. My own goddamn mother coulda told me that.

  Dave Foley : Everybody oughta listen to his mother.

• Dave Foley : [Foley has just gotten the jump on some bank robbers he's been following]  April Fool, motherfuckers.

• Dave Foley : [Hands Dillon $20]  Here's twenty. Who's calling up?

  Dillon : Remember Eddie Fingers?

  Dave Foley : Fella that got his hand busted up. Who's he looking for?

  Dillon : Jimmy Scalise. Do you know him?

  Dave Foley : Last time I heard he was in Florida, getting some sun. Does he find him?

  Dillon : I don't know. I'm just a messenger boy.

  Dave Foley : They give you numbers.

  Dillon : Telephone numbers. I'm a law-abiding citizen. I got a liquor license.

  Dave Foley : Uh, you work for a guy that's got a liquor license. Ever see him? You're a convicted felon.

  Dillon : Like I say: I work for a guy got a liquor license. I forget sometimes.

  Dave Foley : Want to forget this?

  Dillon : I'd just as soon.

  Dave Foley : You oughta get yourself a car.

  Dillon : I don't drive. If I could afford a car, I wouldn't be taking twenty a week from you.

  Dave Foley : Have a nice day.

• Dave Foley : The only one fuckin' Eddie Coyle is Eddie Coyle.

• Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle : I was thinkin' in terms of you maybe talkin' to the prosecutor up there, and havin' him drop a word to the judge how I been helpin' my Uncle like a bastard?

  Dave Foley : Well, I would. But then again you haven't been.

  Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle : What? I gave you a couple of calls.

  Dave Foley : Yeah, you give me some real stuff, too. You tell me about a guy that's gonna get hit, 15 minutes later he gets hit. You tell me about some guys on a job, but you don't tell me till their coming out the door with the money. That's not helping Uncle, Eddie. You gotta put your whole soul into it.

• Waters : [referring to Coyle]  Does he work anywhere?

  Dave Foley : Yeah, he's a night expeditor in Al's Trucking, but just try to find him there. He works about as much as Santa Claus.

• Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle : [sighs]  I shoulda known better than to trust a cop. My own God-damned mother could have told me that.

  Dave Foley : Everyone oughta listen to his mother.