The French Connection

Overview

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.

Movie details

Release date

1971

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Action, Crime, Thriller

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Country

United States of America

Director

William Friedkin

Production

D'Antoni Productions, Schine-Moore Productions, 20th Century Fox

Budget

$1,800,000

Revenue

$41,200,000

Cast

Gene Hackman

Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle

Roy Scheider

Buddy Russo

Fernando Rey

Alain Charnier

Tony Lo Bianco

Sal Boca

Marcel Bozzuffi

Pierre Nicoli

Frédéric de Pasquale

Devereaux