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
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