Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.
- france
- heroin
- detective
- marseille
- france
- drug addiction
- investigation
- cold turkey
- policeman
- illegal drugs
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Gene Hackman
"Popeye" Doyle
Fernando Rey
Alain Charnier
Bernard Fresson
Henri Barthélémy
Philippe Léotard
Jacques
- Ed Lauter — General William Brian
- Charles Millot — Miletto
- Jean-Pierre Castaldi — Raoul
- Cathleen Nesbitt — The Old Lady
- Samantha Llorens — Denise
- André Penvern — Bartender
- Reine Prat — Young Girl on the Beach
- Raoul Delfosse — Dutch Captain
- Ham Chau Luong — Japanese Captain
- Jacques Dynam — Inspector Genevoix
- Malek Kateb — Algerian Chief
- Directed
- John Frankenheimer
- Written
- Alexander Jacobs, Laurie Dillon, Robert Dillon
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 486 ratings
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1971The French Connection
Where it starts.
French Connection II
1975 · You’re here
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