"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York. Preview: Valerie Perrine has died at the age of 82. She was best known for her roles in ...

French Connection II (1975) is a neo-noir action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer. Serving as a sequel to the 1971-released French Connection, the movie sees detective Popeye Doyle ...

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"The French Connection" is based on Robin Moore's 1969 book of the same name. Both films tell the story of NYPD detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, in pursuit of french heroin smugglers.