The French Connection (1971)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $1,800,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $41,200,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.7364 |
Directed By
William Friedkin
Crew
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
Bill Hickman
Nicholas Sgarro
William Friedkin
Robin Moore
Chris Newman
Theodore Soderberg
Paul Ganapoler
Robert Weiner
Sonny Grosso
Fred J. Lincoln
Carey Loftin
Joe Pronto
Alex Stevens
Bill Hickman
Jerry Summers
Joe Finnegan
Harry Daley
George Fisher
Cliff Cudney
Hal Needham
Don Ellis
Don Ellis
Eddie Egan
William Ward
Norman Gay
Robert Ward
Enrique Bravo
Thomas Wright
Fat Thomas
Joseph W. Dehn
Florence Foy
Eddie Egan
TOP CAST
Gene Hackman
Jimmy Doyle
Roy Scheider
Buddy Russo
Fernando Rey
Alain Charnier
Tony Lo Bianco
Sal Boca
Marcel Bozzuffi
Pierre Nicoli
Frédéric de Pasquale
Devereaux
Bill Hickman
Mulderig
Ann Rebbot
Marie Charnier
Harold Gary
Weinstock
Arlene Farber
Angie Boca
Eddie Egan
Simonson
André Ernotte
La Valle
Sonny Grosso
Klein
Benny Marino
Lou Boca
Patrick McDermott
Chemist
Alan Weeks
Pusher
Al Fann
Informant
Irving Abrahams
Police Mechanic
Randy Jurgensen
Police Sergeant
William Coke
Motorman
Charles McGregor
"Baldy" (uncredited)
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