THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)

WILLIAM FRIEDKIN

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Cast

GENE HACKMAN ROY SCHEIDER ERNEST TIDYMAN ROBIN MOORE PHILIP D'ANTONI

Plot

The famous drugs thriller as Gene Hackman plays the cop determined to fix the Marseille based heroin runners once and for all. An action-packed movie full of murders, car chases and everything else a good thriller should have - making it one of the classics and a yardstick for others since. Won Best Picture at 1971 Academy Awards.