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Release Date: 1971

Cast: Arlene Farber, Harold Gary, Sonny Grosso, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Al Fann, Tony Lo Bianco, Roy Scheider, Gene Hackman, Eddie Egan, Ann Rebbot ...MORE

Cast: Arlene Farber, Harold Gary, Sonny Grosso, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Al Fann, Tony Lo Bianco, Roy Scheider, Gene Hackman, Eddie Egan, Ann Rebbot, Patrick McDermott, Fernando Rey ...LESS

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The French Connection is a 1971 American dramatic thriller film directed by William Friedkin. The film was adapted and fictionalized by Ernest Tidyman from the non-fiction book by Robin Moore. It tells the story of New York Police Department detectives named "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, whose real-life counterparts were Narcotics Detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso. Egan and Grosso also appear in the film, as characters other than themselves. It was the first R-rated movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture since the introduction of the MPAA film rating system. It... MORE

The French Connection is a 1971 American dramatic thriller film directed by William Friedkin. The film was adapted and fictionalized by Ernest Tidyman from the non-fiction book by Robin Moore. It tells the story of New York Police Department detectives named "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, whose real-life counterparts were Narcotics Detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso. Egan and Grosso also appear in the film, as characters other than themselves. It was the first R-rated movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture since the introduction of the MPAA film rating system. It also won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Gene Hackman), Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ernest Tidyman). It was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Roy Scheider), Best Cinematography and Best Sound. Tidyman also received a Golden Globe Award, a Writers Guild of America Award and an Edgar Award for his screenplay. In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." The film revolves around the smuggling of narcotics between LESS