On this day in movie history - The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973 movie & novel):

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

directed by Peter Yates,

written by Paul Monash,

based on the novel by George V. Higgins,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1973.
Music by Dave Grusin.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Joe Santos, Mitchell Ryan, Peter MacLean, Kevin O'Morrison, Marvin Lichterman, Carolyn Pickman, James Tolkan, Margaret Ladd, Matthew Cowles, Helena Carroll, Jack Kehoe, Jan Egleson, Jane House, Michael McCleery, Alan Koss, Dennis McMullen, Judith Ogden Cabot, Robert Anthony, Gustave Johnson, Sheldon Feldner, Ted Maynard, Lloyd Bremseth, Ben Lautman, Bobby Orr, Falko Schilling, Donald Warnock.

Recommended reading:

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

By George V. Higgins.

Filmed as The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), directed by Peter Yates.

Introduction by Dennis Lehane.

Published by Picador.

Pubished 1970.

ISBN-10: 9780312429690

ISBN-13: 9780312429690

ASIN: 031242969X

Description:

George V. Higgins's seminal crime novel is a down-and-dirty tale of thieves, mobsters, and cops on the mean streets of Boston. When small-time gunrunner Eddie Coyle is convicted on a felony, he's looking at three years in the pen – that is, unless he sells out one of his big-fish clients to the DA. But which of the many hoods, gunmen, and executioners whom he calls his friends should he send up the river? Told almost entirely in crackling dialogue by a vivid cast of lowlifes and detectives, The Friends of Eddie Coyle is one of the greatest crime novels ever written.

On this day in movie history - Sweet Smell of Success (1957):

Sweet Smell of Success

directed by Alexander Mackendrick,

written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman and Alexander Mackendrick,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1957.
Based on the novelette Tell Me About It Tomorrow! by Ernest Lehman, originally published in Cosmopolitan (1950).
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Joe Frisco, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater, David White, Chico Hamilton, Fred Katz.

On this day in movie history - Hell's Island (1955):

Hell's Island

directed by Phil Karlson,

written by Maxwell Shane,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1955.
Based on a story by Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard.
Re-released in 1962, with the new title: South Sea Fury.

Music by Irvin Talbot.

Cast:

John Payne, Mary Murphy, Francis L. Sullivan, Eduardo Noriega, Arnold Moss, Walter Reed, Sándor Szabó, Pepe Hern, Robert Cabal, Paul Picerni, Mario Siletti, Matty Fain, Ralph Dumke, Lillian Molieri, Gil Barreto, Victor Bartell, Tom Bernard, Eumenio Blanco, Argentina Brunetti, Edward Coch, Delmar Costello, Sayre Dearing, Henry A. Escalante, Duke Fishman, Bess Flowers, Ben Frommer, Nacho Galindo, David Garcia, Kenneth Gibson, Jose Gonzales-Gonzales, Dick Gordon, Josefa Heredia, Ramiro Jaloma, Manuel López, Paul Marion, Margarita Martín, Harold Miller, Alex Montoya, Julia Montoya, Forbes Murray, Monty O'Grady, José Oliveira, Don Orlando, Murray Pollack, Paul Regas, Carlos Rivero, Jack Tornek.