William Friedkin’s gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France.

An interesting contrast is established between ‘Popeye’ Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America
Rating/votes: 7.80/13724. Year: 1971
Tagline: A $32,000,000 chase turns into the American thriller of the year!, Doyle is bad news - but a good cop., The time is right for an out and out thriller like this., There are no rules and no holds barred when Popeye cuts loose!
Actors: Hackman, Gene (Det. Jimmy ‘Popeye’ Doyle), Rey, Fernando (Alain Charnier), Scheider, Roy (Det. Buddy ‘Cloudy’ Russo), Lo Bianco, Tony (Salvatore ‘Sal’ Boca), Bozzuffi, Marcel (Pierre Nicoli, Hit Man), Pasquale, Frédéric de (Henri Devereaux), Hickman, Bill (Bill Mulderig), Rebbot, Ann (Mrs. Marie Charnier), Gary, Harold (Joel Weinstock), Farber, Arlene (Angie Boca), Egan, Eddie (Walt Simonson), Ernotte, André (La Valle), Grosso, Sonny (Bill Klein
Directors: Friedkin, William
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Versions: hidivx:79184, divx:79176, hpc:79191
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