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The French Connection (film)
The French Connection
is a 1971 American
crime
thriller film
directed by
William Friedkin
and produced by
Philip D'Antoni
. It stars
Gene Hackman
,
Fernando Rey
, and
Roy Scheider
. The film was adapted and fictionalized by
Ernest Tidyman
from the 1969
non-fiction book
by
Robin Moore
. It tells the story of
New York Police Department
detectives, "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, whose real-life counterparts were Narcotics Detectives
Eddie Egan
and
Sonny Grosso
.
Don Ellis
scored the film.
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