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About
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.
Theatrical
Oct 9, 1971
Box Office
$41.2M
Budget
$1.8M
Return
22.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 25, 2001
Theaters
6
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
D'Antoni Productions, Schine-Moore Productions, 20th Century Fox
Quotes
See all →A Record That Seems Too Perfect
Taglines
A record too good to be true....and Doyle knows it.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Complexity of a Good Cop's Character
Taglines
Doyle is bad news - but a good cop.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
French Connection Collection
"The French Connection" is based on Robin Moore's 1969 book of the same name. Both films tell the story of NYPD detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, in pursuit of french heroin smugglers.
Cast
Full credits →G
Gene Hackman
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
R
Roy Scheider
Buddy Russo
F
Fernando Rey
Alain Charnier
T
Tony Lo Bianco
Sal Boca
M
Marcel Bozzuffi
Pierre Nicoli
F
Frédéric de Pasquale
Devereaux
B
Bill Hickman
Mulderig
H
Harold Gary
Weinstock
A
Arlene Farber
Angie Boca
E
Eddie Egan
Simonson
S
Sonny Grosso
Klein
P
Patrick McDermott
Chemist
A
Alan Weeks
Pusher
A
Al Fann
Informant
R
Randy Jurgensen
Police Sergeant
C
Charles McGregor
"Baldy" (uncredited)
