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The French Connection
Doyle is bad news—but a good cop.
Oct 9, 1971 · 1h 44m
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Action
Crime
Thriller
PLOT
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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CAST
Gene Hackman
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
Roy Scheider
Buddy Russo
Fernando Rey
Alain Charnier
Tony Lo Bianco
Sal Boca
Marcel Bozzuffi
Pierre Nicoli
Frédéric de Pasquale
Devereaux
Bill Hickman
Mulderig
Ann Rebbot
Marie Charnier
Directed by
William Friedkin
DETAILS
Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$1,800,000
Revenue
$41,200,000
Production
D'Antoni Productions, Schine-Moore Productions, 20th Century Fox
Country
US
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