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The French Connection (1971)
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco
Runtime104 min
Rating18
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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.
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The French Connection is a critically acclaimed action crime thriller from 1971, directed by William Friedkin. It won several major awards, including five Academy Awards, and is considered one of the greatest American films of its era. Audiences have also widely praised the film, with an 8.0/10 rating on IMDb and a 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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A gritty, realistic crime thriller featuring one of the most iconic car chase scenes in cinema history.
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The French Connection is a 1971 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, and Fernando Rey. The screenplay, by Ernest Tidyman, is based on Robin Moore's 1969 book of the same name about narcotics detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso. It tells the story of their fictional counterparts, New York Police Department detectives Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, in pursuit of wealthy French heroin smuggler Alain Charnier.
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