The French Connection (1971)

Confidential Informant

Doyle (Gene Hackman) mistreats one of the men in the bar, but it is just a cover for his informant.

Directed by William Friedkin.

Released in 1971 by Fox.

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  • character-type: Informant
  • character-type: Detective
  • action: Punch
  • action: Harass
  • editors-choice: Tuff Guys
  • editors-choice: Male Performances
  • primary-genre: Classics
  • primary-genre: Thrillers
  • primary-genre: Action and Adventure
  • secondary-genre: Crime Action
  • secondary-genre: Crime Thrillers
  • secondary-genre: Classic Thrillers
  • secondary-genre: Action Thrillers
  • secondary-genre: Classics
  • secondary-genre: Classic Action & Adventure
  • mood: Tuff
  • mood: Dark
  • prop: Drugs
  • setting: Bar
  • theme: Authority
  • theme: Control
  • actor: Roy Scheider
  • actor: Al Fann
  • actor: Gene Hackman
  • director: William Friedkin
  • producer: G. David Schine
  • producer: Philip D'Antoni
  • producer: Kenneth Utt
  • cinematographer: Owen Roizman
  • editor: Gerald B. Greenberg
  • costume-designer: Joseph Fretwell III
  • role-name: Det. Buddy Russo
  • role-name: Informant
  • role-name: Jimmy Doyle
  • screenwriter: Edward M. Keyes
  • screenwriter: Ernest Tidyman
  • screenwriter: Howard Hawks
  • year: 1971
  • studio: Fox