The French Connection

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.

Director: William Friedkin

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber

• Release date: 1971-10-09
• Runtime: 104
• Country: United States of America
• Budget: $1,800,000