The French Connection
Doyle is bad news—but a good cop.
7.5(2,167) 1971-10-09 104 minActionCrimeThriller
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.
ScreenplayErnest Tidyman
DirectorWilliam Friedkin
ProducerPhilip D'Antoni
Original Music ComposerDon Ellis
Cast & characters
Gene Hackman
as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
Roy Scheider
as Buddy Russo
Fernando Rey
as Alain Charnier
Tony Lo Bianco
as Sal Boca
Marcel Bozzuffi
as Pierre Nicoli
Frédéric de Pasquale
as Devereaux
Bill Hickman
as Mulderig
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Ann Rebbot
as Marie Charnier
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Harold Gary
as Weinstock
Arlene Farber
as Angie Boca
Eddie Egan
as Simonson
André Ernotte
as La Valle
Sonny Grosso
as Klein
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Benny Marino
as Lou Boca
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Patrick McDermott
as Chemist
Alan Weeks
as Pusher
Al Fann
as Informant
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Irving Abrahams
as Police Mechanic
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Randy Jurgensen
as Police Sergeant
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William Coke
as Motorman
Charles McGregor
as "Baldy" (uncredited)
