The French Connection (1971) [R]

Release Date:
October 9, 1971

Original Title:
The French Connection

Alternate Titles:
Brennpunkt Brooklyn
Brennpunkt New York
Contacto en Francia
Francouzská spojka: Štvanice
French Connection - Lagens våldsamma män
Il braccio violento della legge
Operação França (1971)
The French Connection. Contra el imperio de la droga
더 프렌치 커넥션

Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
D'Antoni Productions
Schine-Moore Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: R 18+  BR: 14  CZ: 15+  DE: 16  DK: 15  FI: K-16  FR: TP  GB: 18  HU: 18  IE: 18  KR: 18  NL: 16  NO: 18  PL: 18  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 104

Doyle is bad news—but a good cop.

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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American Film Institute (AFI)

1998
#70
100 Years: 100 MOVIES
100 Greatest American Movies Of All Time
2001
#8
100 Years: 100 THRILLS
100 Most Thrilling American Films
2003
#44
100 Years: 100 HEROES & VILLAINS
50 Greatest Heroes
“Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle”
2007
#93
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100 Greatest American Films Of All Time

Art Direction:
Ben Kasazkow

Assistant Director:
Terence A. Donnelly
William C. Gerrity

Associate Editor:
Norman Gay

Associate Producer:
Kenneth Utt

Book:
Robin Moore

Camera Operator:
Enrique Bravo

Casting:
Robert Weiner

Conductor:
Don Ellis

Costume Design:
Joseph Fretwell III

Director:
William Friedkin

Director of Photography:
Owen Roizman

Editor:
Gerald B. Greenberg

Electrician:
William Ward

Executive Producer:
G. David Schine

Key Grip:
Robert Ward

Makeup Artist:
Irving Buchman

Original Music Composer:
Don Ellis

Other:
Eddie Egan
Fat Thomas

Producer:
Philip D'Antoni

Property Master:
Thomas Wright

Screenplay:
Ernest Tidyman
William Friedkin

Script Supervisor:
Nicholas Sgarro

Set Decoration:
Edward Garzero

Sound:
Chris Newman
Theodore Soderberg

Special Effects:
Sass Bedig

Stunt Coordinator:
Bill Hickman

Stunt Double:
Bill Hickman

Stunt Driver:
Carey Loftin
Jerry Summers

Stunts:
Fred J. Lincoln
Joe Pronto
Alex Stevens
Joe Finnegan
Harry Daley
George Fisher
Cliff Cudney
Hal Needham

Technical Advisor:
Sonny Grosso
Eddie Egan

Unit Production Manager:
Paul Ganapoler

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Joseph W. Dehn
Florence Foy

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