A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.
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Frédéric de Pasquale
- Devereauxas Devereaux
- (as Frederic De Pasquale)
André Ernotte
- La Valleas La Valle
- (as Andre Ernotte)
Patrick McDermott
- Chemistas Chemist
- (as Pat McDermott)
William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed. —Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
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Classic thriller with an excellent Gene Hackman with an Oscar winning performance
This famous movie concerns on ¨Popeye Doyle¨(Gene Hackman)an unorthodox narcotics undercover police following the Marsella French connection about a smuggling ring connected with a New York crook (Tony LoBianco).He teams up with cop Buddy Russo, ¨Cloudy¨(Roy Scheider)following the trail to hunt down the ringleader named Alain Charnier(Fernando Rey), a suave gentleman but astute baddie, and his hoodlum(Marcel Bozzuffi).
In this highly rated film there are noisy action, suspense, thriller, violence and is extremely entertaining.Gene Hackman as the rebel and nonconformist Popeye is magnificent,he won a deserved Academy Award .His nemesis, Fernando Rey as the drug smuggler, plays perfectly his role as the cunning and elegant villain. Furthermore a splendid support cast as Roy Scheider, Tony LoBianco, Marcel Bozuffi, among others. The film contains one of the best car chases ever shot with another prize for the editor( Greenberg) and one of the most gripping pursuits between Popeye Doyle and Alain Charnier. Aproppiate and realistic cinematography by Owen Roizman, Friedkin's usual cameraman(The Exorcist) and adequate music score by Don Ellis. Interesting screenplay by Ernest Tidyman , an expert writer about thrillers and action movies( Shaft). This is a great film, professionally directed by William Friedkin and so is its sequel ¨French connection II ¨ by John Frankenheimer and again with Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey. Rating : Above average and well worth seeing but is an authentic classic movie.
In this highly rated film there are noisy action, suspense, thriller, violence and is extremely entertaining.Gene Hackman as the rebel and nonconformist Popeye is magnificent,he won a deserved Academy Award .His nemesis, Fernando Rey as the drug smuggler, plays perfectly his role as the cunning and elegant villain. Furthermore a splendid support cast as Roy Scheider, Tony LoBianco, Marcel Bozuffi, among others. The film contains one of the best car chases ever shot with another prize for the editor( Greenberg) and one of the most gripping pursuits between Popeye Doyle and Alain Charnier. Aproppiate and realistic cinematography by Owen Roizman, Friedkin's usual cameraman(The Exorcist) and adequate music score by Don Ellis. Interesting screenplay by Ernest Tidyman , an expert writer about thrillers and action movies( Shaft). This is a great film, professionally directed by William Friedkin and so is its sequel ¨French connection II ¨ by John Frankenheimer and again with Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey. Rating : Above average and well worth seeing but is an authentic classic movie.
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- Sep 19, 2007
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