One scene involved Doyle and the girl who played beach volleyball.

20th Century Fox took out a couple of scenes without director John Frankenheimer's consent. Laurie Dillon (screenplay),

His lieutenant, Fraser, initiated the desertion for the two of them, Fraser believing he could do more for the French working for an underground organization.

"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York. So when the bartender didn't understand, I figured he was deliberately playing dumb -- especially since he inexplicably seemed to understand what Hackman was saying when he offered to buy the bartender a drink. STUDIO: 20th Century Fox. "Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York. Directed by John Frankenheimer. With exquisite irony, they keep him a prisoner by hooking him on heroin.And then we get an extended central section of the film devoted to Hackman's addiction and (after the French cops get him back) his cold-turkey ordeal. The French Connection – is a gritty 1971 cop/crime thriller film with a great cast, great characters, terrific story and screenplay and one of the best chase sequences ever put on film. Francuski łącznik 2 (1975) French Connection II - "Popeye" Doyle wyjeżdża do Marsylii, by złapać Alaina Charniera, jednego z najgroźniejszych handlarzy narkotyków.
But it wasn't. Extreme parkour, spilled chili, and way too much baby talk!

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With Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard. I kept wondering why "French Connection II" hadn't stayed on location in New York, where Popeye belonged, instead of going to Marseille, a place it's patently clear no sane superior would ever send him.The movie does have a nice sense of place, though, and the Hackman performance, and a final sequence in which Popeye runs and runs and RUNS and finally nails the Frenchman in a tight little shocker of an ending.


This footage has yet to be found, and was not included on the 2001 DVD release. But whatever Popeye was, he wasn't a clown, and that's what he comes disturbingly close to looking like in "French Connection II," John Frankenheimer's continuation of the story. Taking his quest to Charnier's home turf, Doyle is determined to bring down Charnier's heroin ring and he enlists the help of the gendarmes. 7 October 2001 | darth_sidious

There's a lot of good acting here by Hackman, who leaves no emotion unchurned, and there are good laughs in a virtuoso sequence (written by an uncredited We find it a little difficult to get involved in the plot anyway, since it's a bit confusing. And now he's being used for comic relief and stripped of his dignity. It's a trap, I thought. On his own turf, Popeye either ran things or knew what made them run. It's an indication, in a way, of how certain kinds of stock characters have been remade in the last five years. It leans over backward, indeed, to avoid yet another version of that car-train chase that inspired so many imitations. This isn't really a sequel, it's a fresh start with the same character, and it's not a rip-off of William Friedkin's 1970 film.

Luxemburger Thomas Vlassenroot deserted the French Foreign Legion during the Algiers Putsch. Apart from Ed Lauter, Gene Hackman is the only American member of the cast. Popeye Doyle is now in France to find the drug dealer. But if that was his purpose, then he made a mistake by moving the action from New York to Marseille.Frankenheimer obviously knows Marseille, and his portrait of the city is sharply seen. But it's not Popeye's city, and that's the trouble. And I was thrown off the pace by a scene in which Hackman, trying to order Scotch from a French bartender, has no luck.Now every French bartender knows the English word "whisky," thank heaven, because the French use the same word. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle is back after narrowly escaping the clutches of Alain Charnier in the first film, and Doyle's out for revenge. During the first bar scene, Popeye Doyle's drink goes from a small shot to a nearly full glass and back again during his attempted conversation with the French bartender. Laurie Dillon (story) After "The French Connection" and "Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013.

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He has run-ins with local cops, who assign him a desk next to the men's room and won't let him carry his pistol.



Film Title: THE FRENCH CONNECTION.

Popeye Doyle, the New York narc created by Gene Hackman in "The French Connection," was the most compelling of characters, a man driven by violent hungers that had little to do with his job as a cop.

Below are the steps to add to any movie player you are using to start. It is a fictional sequel to the initially true story of the 1971 Academy Award winning picture The French Connection.The film expands on the central character of Det. For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet. It was just a loophole.Scenes like that, with the audience invited to laugh at Popeye's discomfort, just don't feel right. The film continues the story, this time John Frankenheimer takes the directing reins.