The French connection

D'Antoni, Philip, 1929- (Added Author). Tidyman, Ernest. (Added Author). Friedkin, William. (Added Author). Hackman, Gene. (Added Author). Rey, Fernando, 1917-1994 (Added Author). Scheider, Roy. (Added Author). Lo Bianco, Tony. (Added Author). Bozzuffi, Marcel, 1929-1988 (Added Author). Ellis, Don. (Added Author). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, (production company.). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (distributor.). Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi. (Cast).

Summary: Alain Chanier is a dapper businessman from Marseilles, France. He's actually a drug lord working on a big score. He wants to sell millions of dollars worth of 89% pure heroin. Salvatore Boca is a small-time hood who is his potential buyer. Boca is being tailed by two undercover New York City narcotics police officers, James 'Popeye' Doyle and Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo. The more Popeye and Cloudy dig, the closer they get. Chanier agrees to an attempt on Popeye's life that results in a brutal train hijacking and automobile pursuit. This eventually leads to a showdown between the police and mobsters outside the city.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 streaming video file (102 min.) : digital, sound, color
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox, 1971.
Distributor: Vaughan, ON : Criterion-on-Demand, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture by 20th Century Fox, 1971.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music composer and conductor, Don Ellis.
Participant or Performer Note:	Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:	Content available as downloadable file or streaming video.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's web site (viewed February 26, 2015).