The French Connection

Name: The French Connection
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1971-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.5

About 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.

William Friedkin's The French Connection is a 1971 crime thriller film. At 104 minutes long, it arrived in October 1971.

Gene Hackman appears as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, Roy Scheider as Buddy Russo, Fernando Rey as Alain Charnier, and Tony Lo Bianco as Sal Boca. Written by Ernest Tidyman.

Shelv files it under paranoia, drug dealer, police brutality, and undercover agent. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and fuboTV.

American Gangster, New Jack City, and Léon: The Professional make useful companions to The French Connection, all filed under drug smuggling, gangster, and heroin. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 2,226 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.