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The French Connection
Human Monsters, Psychological

The French Connection

1971

Doyle is bad news—but a good cop.

Directed by William Friedkin

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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.

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Written by
Ernest Tidyman
Produced by
Philip D'Antoni
Composer
Don Ellis
Cinematographer
Owen Roizman
Origin country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Language
en
Rating
R
TMDB
7.5/10 (2,113 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
97% Fresh
Metacritic
94/100
IMDb
7.7/10 (149,165 votes)
Released October 9, 1971·$1,800,000 budget·$41,200,000 revenue

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