The French Connection (1971) movie poster

The French Connection (1971)

"Doyle is bad news—but a good cop."
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👍 84%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 96%
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Director
William Friedkin
Runtime
1h 44m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.5/10 (2,092 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
97%
Metacritic
94

Cast

Gene Hackman as Jimmy Doyle · 73% avg
Roy Scheider as Buddy Russo · 74% avg
Fernando Rey as Alain Charnier · 79% avg
Tony Lo Bianco as Sal Boca
Marcel Bozzuffi as Pierre Nicoli
Frédéric de Pasquale as Devereaux
Bill Hickman as Mulderig
Ann Rebbot as Marie Charnier

Is The French Connection good?

Most people think so. 84% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 96%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#409 / 1971 · Action
Rank in its year
#10 / 26 · 1971
Rank among its director's films
#2 / 9 · William Friedkin
On ThumbScore's lists
Oscar-Winning Movies Ranked by Audience Score (#41) · Best Picture Winners Ranked by Audience Score (#48)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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New York's Roosevelt Hotel to close after 96 years due to COVID-19: The iconic hotel was used as a filming location and setting for movies such as The Irishman, Men in Black 3, Malcolm X, Wall Street, The French Connection, 1408, and The Dictator
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The car chase in The French Connection (1971) was shot in public without permits on the open road. A collision that happened during the car chase was not planned because one of the vehicles involved was being driven by someone who was going to work and was unaware of the movie being filmed
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