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French Connection. French Connection (also branded as FCUK or fcuk) is an English-based global retailer and wholesaler of fashion clothing, accessories and homeware. Founded in the early 1970s by Stephen Marks who also serves as chairman and chief executive, it is based in London and its parent French Connection Group PLC was formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The French Connection is a 1971 American neo-noir [6] action thriller film [7] directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, and Fernando Rey. The screenplay, by Ernest Tidyman , is based on Robin Moore 's 1969 nonfiction book about narcotics detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso .
The French Connection, a 1971 film based on the book French Connection II, the sequel to the 1971 film; The French Connection (The O.C.), a 2007 episode of The O.C. television series; The Connection (2014 action film), a 2014 French-Belgian action crime thriller film directed by Cédric Jimenez
Marks established the French Connection women's label in 1972 – a year after the film of the same name was released. The name reportedly came about because, via a business contact in France, he managed to acquire 3,000 Indian cheesecloth shirts that could be resold in the UK at a large profit.
Pages in category "Films about the French Connection" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The French Connection in the 1960s. The first major French Connection seizure in the 1960s began in June, when an informant told a drug agent in Lebanon that Mauricio Rosal, the Guatemalan Ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, was smuggling morphine base from Beirut to Marseille. Narcotics agents had been seizing about 200 ...
"Today, parents are looking for freshness, so the hot new names tend to break away from that mold," says Wattenberg. "Elodie, Sylvie and Margot are all rising fast." 100 French baby girl names
French Connection II is a 1975 American neo-noir action thriller film [3] starring Gene Hackman and directed by John Frankenheimer.It is a sequel to the 1971 film The French Connection, and continues the story of the central character, Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, who travels to Marseille in order to track down French drug-dealer Alain Charnier, played by Fernando Rey, who escaped at the ...