THE FRENCH CONNECTION was director William Friedkin's breakthrough film, a brutally told police thriller following Gene Hackman's sadistic, obsessive, racist and completely unsympathetic cop Popeye ...

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"The French Connection" is based on Robin Moore's 1969 book of the same name. Both films tell the story of NYPD detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, in pursuit of french heroin smugglers.

After following a drug baron to Marseille, New York cop Gene Hackman discovers he's been set up. Gritty cop drama. Contains strong language and violence. (1975)(108 mins) ...

Gene Hackman heads off to Marseilles in this mildly effective sequel to "The French Connection". This DVD review is for disc three of a three-disc set; the other two discs are devoted to the first ...

One of the films that helped to define the term 'Neo-Noir', William Friedkin's The French Connection is widely considered to be one the finest American films of the seventies, even going so far as to ...