Eddie Richards — Four Boys and a Gun Character Profile

About Eddie Richards

One of the four friends involved in the robbery. He was fired as a truck driver after punching his boss for stealing his girlfriend. He wins the dice roll to confess to the murder but ultimately stands with his friends to face execution together.

Character Facts

Played by

Larry Green

Appears in

Four Boys and a Gun (1957)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Eddie Richards — Alliance Teammate — Ollie Denker (Frank Sutton)

  Criminal accomplices who plan and execute the heist together.

• Eddie Richards — Alliance Teammate — Johnny Doyle (James Franciscus)

  Criminal accomplices bound by shared participation in the heist.

• Eddie Richards — Alliance Teammate — Stanley Badek (William Hinnant)

  Criminal accomplices facing joint legal consequences.

• Eddie Richards — Conflict Defendant — District Attorney (Otto Hulett)

  Prosecutor-defendant dynamic where the DA holds legal leverage.

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• Ollie Denker (Frank Sutton)
• Johnny Doyle (James Franciscus)
• Stanley Badek (William Hinnant)
• Joe Barton (Robert Dryden)
• District Attorney (Otto Hulett)
• Fight manager (J. Pat O'Malley)
• Sophie (Nancy Devlin)
• Nita (Patricia Sloan)
• Marie (Diana Herbert)
• Elizabeth (Patricia Bosworth)
• Detective (Frank Campanella)
• Fred (George McIver)