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2. The French Connection (film) - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle - Wikipedia

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   In the 1971 movie The French Connection, Popeye is a rough police detective who routinely breaks the rules in an effort to catch criminals, in this case a group of French drug smugglers. On an individual basis, Popeye has many negative qualities; he is a racist, womanizing alcoholic who is often disrespectful to his superiors.

4. French Connection II - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. The Connection (2014 film) - Wikipedia

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   The Connection (French: La French) is a 2014 historical crime action thriller film directed by Cédric Jimenez and produced by Alain Goldman.The film was inspired by the events of the French Connection in the 1970s, starring Jean Dujardin as police magistrate Pierre Michel (juge) and Gilles Lellouche as Gaëtan "Tany" Zampa, a drug gang ringleader. [3]

6. Gene Hackman, ‘Superman’s’ Lex Luthor and Oscar ... - AOL

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   Gene Hackman’s roles in The Royal Tenenbaums, The French Connection and Superman are just a glimpse of his legendary film career. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Buena Vista Pictures ...

7. Gene Hackman, Hollywood's everyman and 'French Connection ...

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   Gene Hackman, the two-time Oscar-winning everyman of The French Connection, Bonnie and Clyde, Unforgiven, Hoosiers, and many more seminal films, has died. He was 95. Hackman, his wife of 30 years ...

8. Gene Hackman's 5 most memorable Hollywood roles, from 'The ...

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   While investigators attempt to determine the cause of their death, we look back at the acting legend's top five movies. Gene Hackman's 5 most memorable Hollywood roles, from 'The French Connection ...

9. Sonny Grosso - Wikipedia

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   Grosso, his partner Eddie Egan, and other NYPD detectives broke up an organized crime ring in 1961 and seized 112 pounds of heroin, a record amount at the time. [1] The investigation was the subject of a book by Robin Moore and subsequent Academy Award-winning film, The French Connection, which won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Film Editing, and Best Writing in 1971.