Gene Hackman

Fernando Rey

Roy Scheider

Tony Lo Bianco

Marcel Bozzuffi

Frédéric de Pasquale

Bill Hickman

Ann Rebbot

Harold Gary

Arlene Farber

Eddie Egan

André Ernotte

Sonny Grosso

Benny Marino

Patrick McDermott

Alan Weeks

Al Fann

Irving Abrahams

Randy Jurgensen

William Coke

Charles McGregor

William Friedkin

Ernest Tidyman

Philip D'Antoni

Owen Roizman

Ben Kasazkow

Edward Garzero

Gerald B. Greenberg

G. David Schine

Kenneth Utt

Joseph Fretwell III

Irving Buchman

Terence A. Donnelly

William C. Gerrity

Sass Bedig

Nicholas Sgarro

Robin Moore

Chris Newman

Theodore Soderberg

Paul Ganapoler

Robert Weiner

Fred J. Lincoln

Carey Loftin

Joe Pronto

Alex Stevens

Jerry Summers

Joe Finnegan

Harry Daley

George Fisher

Cliff Cudney

Hal Needham

Don Ellis

William Ward

Norman Gay

Robert Ward

Enrique Bravo

Thomas Wright

Fat Thomas

Joseph W. Dehn

Florence Foy

French Connection Collection

Action

Crime

Thriller

The French Connection

D'Antoni Productions

Schine-Moore Productions

20th Century Fox

United States of America

English

Français

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Though he's not top-billed here, I found it's Fernando Rey who delivers best in this brutal and authentic-looking story of trans-Atlantic drug smuggling. Popeye (Gene Hackman) and his pal Russo (Roy Scheider) are detectives in New York determined to bring down a network of cocaine importers who are bringing the lucrative white powder in from Marseille. They suspect that it's Charnier (Rey) who is masterminding the whole enterprise, but they can't pin anything down on him. He hides in plain sight, clad in cashmere with a distinctive hat and dining in fine establishments - but always beyond their grasp. He almost teases the increasingly frustrated policemen who stray ever closer to the line as they try to apprehend him. Will either of them ever crack? Hackman is on great form as the exasperated cop and the drip-roast effect of the plot development from director William Friedkin makes that even more potent, especially when coupled with the flagrant nonchalance of his quarry, with a powerful score from Don Ellis and one of the best city car chases you'll ever see on a big screen. Scheider does enough, and there are also quite a few effective supporting contributions from the likes of Ann Rebbot as Mme. Charnier and from the odious henchman "Nicoli" (Marcel Bozzuffi). Gradually we are exposed to the ruthlessness of both sides as the stakes become higher, life becomes cheap, and the denouement again offers us a degree of palpable realism as no simple or convenient solutions are provided. It's a quickly paced and gritty representation of life amidst a culture of addiction, dependency and quite a fair degree of innovation that's still as strong today as it was in 1971.

The French Connection

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