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The French Connection

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 44m
  • 94

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  • Trailer for The French Connection
  • Interview: Gene Hackman "on filming the car scene"

Movie Info & Cast

Director:

William Friedkin

Producer:

Philip D'Antoni

Writer:

Ernest Tidyman, Robin Moore

Release Date:

Oct 9, 1971

Runtime:

1hr 44m

Synopsis

A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.

Cast

  • Gene Hackman
  • Fernando Rey
  • Roy Scheider
  • Tony Lo Bianco
  • Marcel Bozzuffi
  • Frédéric de Pasquale
  • Bill Hickman
  • Ann Rebbot
  • Harold Gary
  • Arlene Farber

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Metacritic

94
metacritic
Based on 18 Critics
8.4

USER SCORE (214)

Universal acclaim based on 214 Reviews
100

The French Connection is routinely included, along with Bullitt, Diva and Raiders of the Lost Ark, on the short list of movies with the greatest chase scenes of all time. What is not always remembered is what a good movie it is apart from the chase scene.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
100

There is only one problem with the excitement generated by this film. After it is over, you will walk out of the theater and, as I did, curse the tedium of your own life. I kept looking for someone who I could throw up against a wall. [8 November 1971]

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Metacritic review by Gene Siskel
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
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