The French Connection (1971)

Name: The French Connection
Released: 1971
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey

Directed by William Friedkin
Written by Ernest Tidyman, Robin Moore and William Friedkin
Starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider and Fernando Rey

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.