French Connection II (1975) 6.7
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marsailles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York. Director:John Frankenheimer |
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French Connection II (1975) 6.7
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marsailles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York. Director:John Frankenheimer |
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| Gene Hackman | ... | ||
| Fernando Rey | ... | ||
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Bernard Fresson | ... |
Barthélémy
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Philippe Léotard | ... |
Jacques
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| Ed Lauter | ... |
General Brian
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Charles Millot | ... |
Miletto
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Jean-Pierre Castaldi | ... |
Raoul
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Cathleen Nesbitt | ... |
The Old Lady
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Samantha Llorens | ... |
Denise
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| André Penvern | ... |
Bartender
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Reine Prat | ... |
Young Girl on the Beach
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Raoul Delfosse | ... |
Dutch Captain
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Ham-Chau Luong | ... |
Japanese Captain
(as Ham Chau Luong)
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Jacques Dynam | ... |
Inspector Genevoix
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Malek Kateb | ... |
Algerian Chief
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New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle follows the trail of the French connection smuggling ring to France where he teams up with the gendarmes to hunt down the ringleader. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
In this riveting, darkly dramatic sequel, Popeye Doyle (Hackman in one of his most overlooked performances) travels to Marseilles to track the elusive Alain "Frog One" Charnier (Fernando Rey), whom he failed to catch in New York City. Doyle is met with a French detective (Bernard Fresson) who resents his rough approach to case-solving, and a language he can't understand to save his life. In an ugly twist, the rogue detective is kidnapped by Frog One's men and forced to take heroin in a somewhat unsuccessful attempt to find out all he knows about the French Connection case. Successfully humiliated by Charnier, Doyle is put in isolation by the French police and goes through a brutal process of cold-turkey withdrawals from heroin. By now, Popeye is determined to kill the goons who forced him to become an addict. A fresh plot and gritty, realistic direction by John Frankenheimer make "French Connection II" worthy enough to be compared in merit to the original, despite the absence of Roy Scheider as Hackman's partner. Dark and dramatic, further allows depth and insight to Hackman's Popeye Doyle.