The French Connection (1971)
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
The French Connection (1971)
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Released Year: 1971
Runtime: 104 minutes
Directors: William Friedkin
Casts: Roy Scheider, Gene Hackman, Randy Jurgensen, Tony Lo Bianco, Fernando Rey, Alan Weeks, Bill Hickman, Sonny Grosso, Al Fann, Eddie Egan, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, André Ernotte, Benny Marino, Patrick McDermott, Irving Abrahams, William Coke
Storyline
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
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Reviews
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Chicago Tribune -
There is only one problem with the excitement generated by this film. After it is over, you will walk out of the theater and, as I did, curse the tedium of your own life. I kept looking for someone who I could throw up against a wall. [8 November 1971]
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The New York Times -
The French Connection is a film of almost incredible suspense, and it includes, among a great many chilling delights, the most brilliantly executed chase sequence I have ever seen. [8 October 1971]
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TV Guide Magazine -
This tough, brilliant crime film features Hackman as the indefatigable Popeye Doyle, who passionately hates drug pushers.
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Variety -
Producer and screenwriter have added enough fictional flesh to provide director William Friedkin and his overall topnotch cast with plenty of material, and they make the most of it.
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Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.