Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
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Gene Hackman
Jimmy Doyle
Roy Scheider
Buddy Russo
Fernando Rey
Alain Charnier
Tony Lo Bianco
Sal Boca
Marcel Bozzuffi
Pierre Nicoli
Frédéric de Pasquale
Devereaux
Bill Hickman
Mulderig
Ann Rebbot
Marie Charnier
Harold Gary
Weinstock
Arlene Farber
Angie Boca
Director
William Friedkin
Screenplay
Ernest Tidyman
Tagline
"Doyle is bad news—but a good cop."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,800,000
Revenue
$41,200,000
Production
D'Antoni Productions, Schine-Moore Productions, 20th Century Fox
CinemaSerf
September 1, 2024
Though he's not top-billed here, I found it's Fernando Rey who delivers best in this brutal and authentic-looking story of trans-Atlantic drug smuggling. Popeye (Gene Hackman) and his pal Russo (Roy Scheider) are detectives in New York determined to bring down a network of cocaine importers who are bringing the lucrative white powder in from Marseille. They suspect that it's Charnier (Rey) who is ...
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