Movie
The French Connection
1971R1h 44m7.5 / 10
Doyle is bad news—but a good cop.
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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Synopsis
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.
More about The French Connection
Cast
Gene HackmanJimmy "Popeye" Doyle
Roy ScheiderBuddy Russo
Fernando ReyAlain Charnier
Tony Lo BiancoSal Boca
Marcel BozzuffiPierre Nicoli
Frédéric de PasqualeDevereaux
Bill HickmanMulderigAnn RebbotMarie Charnier
Credits
- Directed by
- William Friedkin
- Written by
- Ernest Tidyman
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- French Connection Collection
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- $41.2M
Production
- D'Antoni ProductionsUnited States
- Schine-Moore ProductionsUnited States
20th Century FoxUnited States
Themes
academy award winnerattempted murderdrug dealerdrug muledrug smugglinggangsterheroinmarseille, france
