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Wed 2 Apr 2025
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Based on the celebrated novel by George V. Higgins, Yates’ tersely directed, moodily scored (by Dave Grusin), fatalistic, gritty and suspenseful drama, set in Boston’s criminal underworld, is now widely regarded as one of the key 1970s neo-noirs, despite being largely ignored by audiences on first release.
Robert Mitchum plays a low-level middleman who gets caught behind the wheel of a truck full of stolen goods. As he tries to navigate the intricacies of staying out of jail, it becomes apparent just how many of his “friends” are caught in the same web of non-existent loyalties. With Peter Boyle.
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