There are no rules when Popeye cuts loose! The French Connection is one of the all-time greats, a crackerjack police thriller as raw, exciting and electric now as it was in 1971 when it nearly swept the Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay. Gene Hackman is Popeye Doyle and Roy Scheider is Cloudy Russo, NYPD narcotics cops out to find the source of heroin streaming into the city. But when assassins try to stop Doyle, it ignites a deadly pursuit where no one is safe. The French Connection is smart and fast, packed with excellent performances, a remarkable Don Ellis score and a show-stopping car chase that may never be topped!
“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.” – Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
