The French Connection (1971)

Name: The French Connection
Released: 1971
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi

• Movies, Action, Crime, Thriller

• 104 min

7.5

Doyle is bad news—but a good cop.

Directed by: William Friedkin
Casting: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Eddie Egan, André Ernotte, Sonny Grosso, Benny Marino, Patrick McDermott, Alan Weeks, Al Fann, Irving Abrahams, Randy Jurgensen, William Coke, Charles McGregor
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1971-10-09
Status: Released

Tags: drug dealer, new york city, police brutality, drug smuggling, undercover agent, gangster, heroin, marseille, france, night life, attempted murder, drug mule, hijacking of train, popeye

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.