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Badge 373 is a 1973 American neo noir crime thriller film inspired, as was The French Connection, by the life and career of Eddie Egan, here called "Eddie Ryan". The film, which has a screenplay by journalist Pete Hamill , was produced and directed by Howard W. Koch , and stars Robert Duvall as Ryan, with Verna Bloom , Henry Darrow and Eddie ...
Aug 9, 1973 · Badge 373: Directed by Howard W. Koch. With Robert Duvall, Verna Bloom, Henry Darrow, Eddie Egan. Grizzled racist cop Eddie Ryan is suspended from the force after a suspect falls off a roof while escaping arrest. Then Eddie's partner Gigi Caputo turns up dead in Brooklyn with his throat cut.
- (920)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Howard W. Koch
- 1973-08-09
Ryan eventually learns that his partner was caught up in a Puerto Rican gun-running scheme masterminded by a crook named Sweet Willie, who wants to foment revolutionary war. When his partner is killed, tough Irish detective Eddie Ryan vows to avenge the death, whatever the cost.
Without a badge and gun, Eddie pursues the truth which involves a shipment of stolen machine guns, Puerto Rican revolutionaries (led by idealist Ruben Garcia, played with passion and conviction by Felipe Luciano), and a corrupt businessman, Sweet Williams (Henry Darrow).
Ryan eventually learns that his partner was caught up in a Puerto Rican gun-running scheme masterminded by a crook named Sweet Willie, who wants to foment revolutionary war. When his partner is killed, tough Irish detective Eddie Ryan vows to avenge the death, whatever the cost.
- (549)
- Paramount Pictures
- Howard W. Koch
The story involves Eddie's vow to revenge the killer of his best pal and partner, and the murder trail somehow leads to a plot to ship $3 million worth of machine-guns to Puerto Rico to start a revolution. Eddie doesn't care one way or the other about the revolution, but the man who sold the guns killed the partner to keep him quiet.
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Mar 9, 2009 · When Eddie's partner is killed in an undercover drug investigation, Eddie turns in his badge (numbered 373, Egan's real badge number) and goes on a one-man vigilante mission to get the man responsible for the murder.
