'71 Road Runner in The Friends of Eddie Coyle

[@MattTrakker350]

It's been insinuated in the past that the 383 Hemi flub was intentional dialogue to fit in with Jackie Brown's attitude

[@stevengreen4620]

The '71 Plymouth Roadrunner had a 383-4 bbl. Coyote Duster V-8.

[@ambrosemackinnon8314]

383 hemi big laugh ha ha ha .

[@BillyCLeWorth]

383 HEMI ? I hate when people who have no idea try to talk like they do .

[@71plymouth.]

Billy C. LeWorth Hahahaha, Yessir Exactly Right.

[@johnhughes9019]

It's a verbatim quote - dialogue - from the (delightful) 1970 novel . Of course in the novel, the Road Runner is a 1968 or 1969 model , maybe a 1970 . This was filmed in late 1972 , so the production company grabbed what was available for use in the film

[@timpriddy349]

but the plymouth had the super commando......the driver was in a film GUMBALL RALLY in a 70-71 polara pursuit a good flick too

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

YES!!! The Cobra! And then we got the dumbed down version Cannon Ball run.

[@timpriddy349]

Just a base model bird.......ralleys, vinyltop, GY3 curious yellow and color keyed mirrors made it rather plain.......soo easy to acquire back then.......a 440 4 speed bird or a GTX would have suited me better for that getaway stunt gone wrong

[@lonewolfmcquade1079]

I hate the automatic on the column kills a muscle car

[@71plymouth.]

383 hemi? Hahaha,this line is typecast as a big fowl up. But he's an actor so he didn't know... That would have been what the other guy said: 383 Magnum,not hemi.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

Whoever wrote the movie obviously wasn't a car guy. The actor is hardly to blame for a writer not doing any research. But you're right.... it would've made a lot more sense if the guy in the passenger seat asked if it was a Hemi, and Coyle answered "383 Magnum". They probably did multiple takes of the scene and used the one with the best reaction. Notice Coyle kind of smirks as he replies "383 Hemi" ? They may have gotten their lines backwards. What should've been a scrapped take wound up in the finished film. So, the director and editor are at fault too!!

[@71plymouth.]

Harold Lloyd Yrp,you're exactly right up to a tee. I wanted to comment to you a long time ago or you comment to me,and thankfully its finally happened. I've seen you on a lot of Gone in 60 Seconds videos,james dean and the junkman,Gone in 60 Seconds intro etc. Could you please give my videos a look. I know they aren't much...but its the best I can do at the present time. Thanks friend,Thumbs Up to you.

[@amigs13]

71 Plymouth. Reading the original George V. Higgins novel right now. The "383 hemi" mistake is in the book too, but there is also a conversation in which Jackie Brown, the owner of the Roadrunner, offers a long explanation as to why he got the automatic instead of a stick. This shows him to be knowledgable about cars, but Higgins later refers to the "hemi," so I'm not sure if the dialogue is just a mistake by the author or the character.

[@71plymouth.]

Anthony Miglieri Wow... So that means that in the book that the character also drove a Mopar. ( was it the 71 RR in the book too?) I mean: this just doesn't make any sense... If it was a mistake surely it wouldn't have occurred twice, and would have been corrected in the movie... I wish we could find a For Sure Answer... Either Way: Thanks for telling me that Friend. Hahaha, I didn't know there was a book and definitely that this mistake happened twice... Thumbs Up to You!

[@amigs13]

71 Plymouth. No problem man; I too have a perverse fascination with this, haha. And yes, he has a Roadrunner in the book. The book was published in 72 and he says in the book that he got the car a year ago, so it's likely it would be a 71 like in the movie. Interestingly, the car is noted to be metallic blue in the book, not yellow.

[@eldo59]

He should have got the 440 to get ahead of that Ford.

[@71plymouth.]

eldo59 The 383 handles the job just as good as the 440.

[@RRjames5332]

Its a 440 hemi lol