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The tale of NYC cop "Popeye" Doyle and his partner, "Cloudy" Russo. One day, they stumble upon a huge shipment of heroin from France. The trail leads to notorious drug kingpin, Alain Charnier. [[Chase Scene|Car chases]] [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|ensue.]]
A classic piece of seventies Hollywood cinema, '''''The French Connection''''' made a star of [[Gene Hackman]] and also starred [[Roy Scheider]]. Based on the true story of the two cops who would stop the drug trafficking between France and the US, it was a huge success, both financially and critically. The film won many [[Academy
A [[Spiritual Successor]], ''The Seven-Ups'', was released in 1973, starring Roy Scheider as another New York City cop leading a special organized crime task force. It had the same producer and composer of ''The French Connection'' and also had a high speed car chase. A [[sequel]], ''French Connection II'', came out in 1975 which has "Popeye" Doyle traveling to Marseilles in pursuit of Charnier, finding himself a [[Fish Out of Water]] in the French city, and being forced into heroin addiction by Charnier's henchmen. Unlike the original, the sequel's plot is entirely fictional. Then there was ''Popeye Doyle'', a 1986 [[Made for TV Movie]] featuring Ed O'Neill in the title role.
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