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1. • • The French Connection was based on the true story of a major drug bust. Law enforcement’s fight against drug trafficking served as the inspiration for this gripping crime drama.
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   Who are the actors in the French Connection?

   • The French Connection: Directed by William Friedkin. With Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco. A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.

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   Is the French Connection based on a true story?

   • The French Connection is a 1971 American neo-noir [ 6] action thriller film [ 7] directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider and Fernando Rey. The screenplay, written by Ernest Tidyman, is based on Robin Moore 's 1969 non-fiction book.

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   What is the French Connection based on?

   • The French Connection, American crime thriller film, released in 1971, that became known for having one of the most exciting and iconic car chases in cinematic history. The movie, which features other tense action sequences, centres on violent and unlikable New York City narcotics detectives on the trail of international heroin dealers.

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   Is the French Connection a good movie?

   • Roger Greenspun of The New York Times wrote: The French Connection "is in fact a very good new kind of movie, and that in spite of its being composed of such ancient material as cops and crooks, with thrills and chases, and lots of shoot-'em-up." [ 34]

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   The plot centers on drug smuggling in the 1960s and early 1970s, when most of the heroin illegally imported into the East Coast came to the United States through France (see French Connection). [ 14 ]

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   Feb 1, 2024 · Beginning in the 1930s, the French Connection was a drug-smuggling operation initiated by Corsican gangsters, who would ship poppy seeds from Turkey and Lebanon to Marseille, where the seeds would then be processed into heroin and transported to the United States in volumes measuring tens of tonnes.

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   Oct 9, 1971 · The French Connection: Directed by William Friedkin. With Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco. A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.

   • 7.7/10 (137K)
   • Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

   • Director: William Friedkin
   • Release Date: 1971-10-09

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   Aug 6, 2024 · The movie, which features other tense action sequences, centres on violent and unlikable New York City narcotics detectives on the trail of international heroin dealers. Critically acclaimed, it won five Academy Awards, including that for best picture. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)

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   Jun 23, 2023 · The French Connection was based on the true story of a major drug bust. Law enforcement’s fight against drug trafficking served as the inspiration for this gripping crime drama. The movie’s opening scene sets the tone for the rest of the film.

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   The real-life French Connection is the story of two swaggering NYPD cops and their 1960-62 operation to intercept a French heroin shipment with a street value today of $32m. The NYPD operation began with an unexpected tip-off from an FBI agent, Sonny said in a conversation with film director/producer William Friedkin.

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    A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France.