The French Connection (1971)

Chasing the Train

Doyle (Gene Hackman) races through traffic to keep up with the elevated train.

Directed by William Friedkin.

Released in 1971 by Fox.

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  • editors-choice: Car Chases
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  • mood: Tuff
  • mood: Suspenseful
  • prop: Car
  • prop: Train
  • setting: Street
  • theme: Risk
  • actor: Marcel Bozzuffi
  • 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: Pierre Nicoli
  • role-name: Jimmy Doyle
  • screenwriter: Edward M. Keyes
  • screenwriter: Ernest Tidyman
  • screenwriter: Howard Hawks
  • year: 1971
  • studio: Fox