The French Connection was only the beginning. THIS IS THE CLIMAX.
"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.
ActionCrimeThrillerfranceheroindetectivemarseille, francedrug addictioninvestigationcold turkeypolicemanillegal drugs
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, resolved and relentless.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Gene Hackman"Popeye" Doyle
- Fernando ReyAlain Charnier
- Bernard FressonHenri Barthélémy
- Philippe LéotardJacques
- Ed LauterGeneral William Brian
- Charles MillotMiletto
- Jean-Pierre CastaldiRaoul
- Cathleen NesbittThe Old Lady
- Samantha LlorensDenise
- André PenvernBartender
Crew
- John FrankenheimerDirector
- Alexander JacobsScreenplay
- Robert DillonScreenplay
- Laurie DillonScreenplay
- Claude RenoirDirector of Photography
- Don EllisOriginal Music Composer
- Tom RolfEditor
- Robert L. RosenProducer
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