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The French Connection is a 1971 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, and Fernando Rey. The screenplay, by Ernest Tidyman, is based on Robin Moore's 1969 book of the same name about narcotics detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso. It tells the story of their fictional counterparts, New York Police Department detectives Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, in pursuit of wealthy French heroin smuggler Alain Charnier (played by Rey).
- Director
- William Friedkin
- Writer
- Ernest Tidyman · Robin Moore · Howard Hawks
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- Release date
- 7 October 1971 · Released
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Country of origin
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Action · Drama · Mystery · Thriller · Crime · Neo-noir · Detective · Police Procedural · Crime Thriller · Crime Drama · Buddy
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Brennpunkt Brooklyn
- Français
- French Connection
- Italiano
- Il braccio violento della legge
- 日本語
- フレンチ・コネクション
- 한국어
- 프렌치 커넥션
- Polski
- Francuski łącznik
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