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The Friends of Eddie Coyle quote resonates with film fans
Original: "This life's hard, man, but it's harder if you're stupid." -Steven Keats as Jackie Brown The Friends of Eddie Coyle (197
A line from the 1973 crime film The Friends of Eddie Coyle — "This life's hard, man, but it's harder if you're stupid" — spoken by Steven Keats as Jackie Brown, is being shared among movie lovers. Peter Yates' gritty Boston crime classic, starring Robert Mitchum, continues to be celebrated for its sharp dialogue and bleak realism five decades on.
Why now: Film fans are circulating memorable 1970s cinema quotes, and this line reads as especially apt for current times.
Steven KeatsPeter YatesThe Friends of Eddie CoyleRobert Mitchum
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