The French Connection (1971)

Finding the Dope

After ripping apart the drug dealer’s car, Cloudy (Roy Scheider) and Doyle (Gene Hackman) find one more place the drugs could be hidden.

Directed by William Friedkin.

Released in 1971 by Fox.

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  • character-type: Detective
  • character-type: Mechanic
  • 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: Dark
  • prop: Drugs
  • setting: Garage
  • theme: Accomplishment
  • actor: Irving Abrahams
  • actor: Roy Scheider
  • 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: Police Mechanic
  • role-name: Jimmy Doyle
  • screenwriter: Edward M. Keyes
  • screenwriter: Ernest Tidyman
  • screenwriter: Howard Hawks
  • year: 1971
  • studio: Fox