Movie
The French Connection
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1971-10-09
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- D'Antoni Productions, Schine-Moore Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gene Hackman as Jimmy Doyle
- Roy Scheider as Buddy Russo
- Fernando Rey as Alain Charnier
- Tony Lo Bianco as Sal Boca
- Marcel Bozzuffi as Pierre Nicoli
- Frédéric de Pasquale as Devereaux
- Bill Hickman as Mulderig
- Ann Rebbot as Marie Charnier
- Harold Gary as Weinstock
- Arlene Farber as Angie Boca
- Eddie Egan as Simonson
- André Ernotte as La Valle
Crew
- William Friedkin - Director
- Ernest Tidyman - Screenplay
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