French Connection/French Connection II (DVD)

Directed by William Friedkin, John Frankenheimer

Starring: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Charles Millot, Bernard Fresson, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Cathleen Nesbitt, Pierre Collet, Alexandre Fabre, Philippe Léotard, Jacques Dynam, Frederic de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber

Contributors: Owen Roizman, Claude Renoir, Philip D'Antoni, Ernest Tidyman, Don Ellis, Robert L. Rosen, Robert Dillon, Laurie Dillon, Alexander Jacobs

Studio: 20th Century Studios
Main Language:
English
Region: Region 2
Release Date: 5 Jan 2004
Originally Issued: 1975
No of Discs: 2
Weight: 120g
Dimensions: 190 x 15 x 137 (mm)
Genre: Thriller
BBFC Cert: (18) Suitable for 18 years and over.
Rental/Retail: Retail/Rental
Run Time: 213 minutes

Description

A double bill of the classic 70's thrillers featuring an Oscar-winning Gene Hackman as 'Popeye' Doyle. In the first film Doyle and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) are tough New York cops attempting to crack a drug smuggling ring. They have a small candy store under surveillance, but Doyle is not happy when he receives the order to work with a pair of French federal agents on the case, one of whom he has a long-standing feud with.

Hackman and director William Friedkin both earned Oscars for the film, which also took the award for Best Picture. Whilst in the sequel Doyle (Hackman) travels to Marseilles to track down Charnier (Fernando Rey), the leader of a drug smuggling ring whom he failed to capture in the first film. Kidnapped by dealers and pumped with heroin, Doyle has to kick his new-found habit before he can set about his revenge.

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