The French Connection

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.

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

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Though he's not top-billed here, I found it's Fernando Rey who delivers best in this brutal and authentic-looking story of trans-Atlantic drug smuggling. Popeye (Gene Hackman) and his pal Russo (Roy Scheider) are detectives in New York determined to bring down a network of cocaine importers who are ...

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