The French Connection
In Marseille, an undercover police detective follows Alain Charnier, who runs the world's largest heroin-smuggling syndicate. The policeman is assassinated by Charnier's hitman, Pierre Nicoli. Charnier plans to smuggle $32 million worth of heroin into the United States by hiding it in the car of his unsuspecting friend, television personality Henri Devereaux, who is traveling to New York City by ship.
In New York City, detectives Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo go out for drinks at the Copacabana. Popeye notices Salvatore "Sal" Boca and his young wife, Angie, entertaining mobsters involved in narcotics. They tail the couple and establish a link between the Bocas and lawyer Joel Weinstock, who is part of the narcotics underworld.
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Genre: | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country: | United States |
| Produced By: | Philip D'Antoni, Kenneth Utt, G. David Schine |
| Directed By: | William Friedkin |
| Written By: | Howard Hawks, Ernest Tidyman, Robin Moore |
| Cast: | Charles McGregor, Fernando Rey, Eric Jones, Doris McCarthy, Frank Adonis, Robert Weil, Ann Rebbot, Bill Hickman, Burt Richards, Gilda Albertoni, Santos Morales, Alan Weeks, Rhina Ferrari, Arlene Farber, Roy Scheider, Melonie Haller, Patrick McDermott, Frédéric De Pasquale, André Ernotte, Randy Jurgensen, Fat Thomas, Marcel Bozzuffi, Irving Abrahams, Robert Dahdah, Eddie Egan, Gene Hackman, Sonny Grosso, Al Fann, William Coke, Tony Lo Bianco, Harold Gary, Joe Lo Grippo, Sarina C. Grant, Benny Marino, Maureen Mooney |
| In Theaters: | Oct 09, 1971 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 44 minutes |
| Production: | Philip D'Antoni Productions, Schine-Moore Productions, D'Antoni Productions, Twentieth Century Fox |
| Budget: | $1,800,000 |
| Box Office: | $51,700,000 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
