The French Connection: Why audiences root for Gene Hackman’s Popeye Doyle against all odds
A drug dealer with a knife bursts out of the ... in William Friedkin’s The French Connection (1971). He may be dressed as ...
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Gene Hackman's Superpower Was Anger — 'The French Connection' Was His Rageful Masterpiece
His screen persona was solidified in The French Connection, which won him the first of two Oscars and was successful enough to spawn a sequel, The French Connection II. Hackman's performance as ...
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Mafia chief who inspired “The French Connection” dies in Argentina
François Chiappe, the fearsome Corsican capo-mafia who inspired the famous film “The French Connection” in 1971 ... This was followed by drug trafficking, organized prostitution, racketeering ...
The French Connection: Why audiences root for Gene Hackman’s Popeye Doyle against all odds
More than half a century after William Friedkin’s revolutionary action film stunned viewers, Geoffrey Macnab looks at how the rogue cop at its centre manages to be so perversely sympathetic ...