The French Connection (1971): Summary
- Release Date:October 7th, 1971
- Director:William Friedkin, Philip D'Antoni
- Writer:Ernest Tidyman
- Starring:Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Bill Hickman, Marcel Bozzufi, Frederic de Pasquale, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Sonny Grosso
- Studio:20th Century Fox
- Genre:Action, Thriller
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Alain Chanier is a dapper businessman from Marseilles, France, who is in reality a drug lord working on a big score - to sell $32 million worth of 89% pure heroin to New York City. But his potential buyer - small-time hood Salvatore Boca - is being tailed by two undercover NYC cops, James "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo.
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