1971 1h 44m William Friedkin

The French Connection

Name: The French Connection
Genre: Action & Adventure, Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Released: 1971
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco

★ 7.7 IMDb

Action & Adventure Crime Mystery & Thriller Drama

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.

Writers Ernest Tidyman, Robin Moore, Howard Hawks

Cast Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco

DP Owen Roizman

Music Don Ellis

Essays and Criticism

On William Friedkin

Video Essay. Friedkin's Endings by Christopher Small, MUBI Notebook He Did It All: William Friedkin (1935-2023) by Scout Tafoya, RogerEbert.com ReFocus: The Films of William Friedkin, by Steve Choe by Michael Gibson, Alphaville

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Awards & Festivals

Won Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Won Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Won Academy Award for Best Picture

Nominated Academy Award for Best Actor

Nominated Academy Award for Best Sound

Nominated Academy Award for Best Director

Nominated Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

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