New York City detectives Popeye Doyle and Buddy Russo hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring. But when one of the criminals tries to kill Doyle, he begins a pursuit that takes him far outside the city limits.
Winner of the Academy Awards for best picture, best actor in a leading role (Gene Hackman), best director, best adapted screenplay and best film editing.
The French Connection
1971
14 years
104 min.
Fiction
USA
Colorido
William Friedkin
Ernest Tidyman, Robin Moore
Owen Roizman
Jerry Greenberg
Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi
Philip D`Antoni
D`Antoni Productions, Schine-Moore Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Film
Don Ellis
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