The French Connection overview
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Synopsis:
This gritty, fast-paced, and innovative police drama earned five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay (written by Ernest Tidyman), and Best Actor (Gene Hackman). Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (Hackman) and his partner, Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider), are New York City police detectives on narcotics detail, trying to track down the source of heroin from Europe into the United States. Suave Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey) is the French drug kingpin who provides a large percentage of New York City's dope, and Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi) is a hired killer and Charnier's right-hand man.
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Movie Details:
- Director: William Friedkin
- Studio: 20th Century Fox
- Year: 1971
- Run Time: 104 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Set in: New York City, NY
- MPAA Rating: R
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Action, Crime
- Filmed in: Color
