
French Connection II(1975)
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.


“Doyle is bad news—but a good cop.”
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.

Gene Hackman
Jimmy Doyle

Roy Scheider
Buddy Russo

Fernando Rey
Alain Charnier

Tony Lo Bianco
Sal Boca

Marcel Bozzuffi
Pierre Nicoli

Frédéric de Pasquale
Devereaux

Bill Hickman
Mulderig
Ann Rebbot
Marie Charnier
Harold Gary
Weinstock

Arlene Farber
Angie Boca
The French Connection is a action, crime, thriller film released in 1971 exploring themes of drug dealer, new york city, police brutality, drug smuggling, undercover agent, gangster. Directed by William Friedkin, it stars Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey. 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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