The French Connection (1971)

1971 · 104 min · Action, Crime, Thriller

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.

Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco and Marcel Bozzuffi.

Similar to The French Connection

• French Connection II (1975) — "Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.
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• The Seven-Ups (1973)
• To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
• La Balance (1982)
• Nighthawks (1981)
• The Public Enemy (1931)
• Bullitt (1968)
• Rififi (1955)
• The Naked City (1948)

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