Doyle is bad news—but a good cop.
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.
ActionCrimeThrillerdrug dealernew york citypolice brutalitydrug smugglingundercover agentgangsterheroinmarseille, franceparanoianight lifeattempted murderdrug mule
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- character-ledplot-driven
Who loves it, who doesn't
39 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Gene HackmanJimmy "Popeye" Doyle
- Roy ScheiderBuddy Russo
- Fernando ReyAlain Charnier
- Tony Lo BiancoSal Boca
- Marcel BozzuffiPierre Nicoli
- Frédéric de PasqualeDevereaux
- Bill HickmanMulderig
- Ann RebbotMarie Charnier
- Harold GaryWeinstock
- Arlene FarberAngie Boca
Crew
- William FriedkinDirector
- Ernest TidymanScreenplay
- Owen RoizmanDirector of Photography
- Don EllisOriginal Music Composer
- Gerald B. GreenbergEditor
- Philip D'AntoniProducer
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Ghost of Tsushima 202078% alikeGame · Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
Game · Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
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