French Connection

(18)
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Tookey's Rating
	8 /10

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	8.61 /10

Starring
Gene Hackman , Roy Scheider , Fernando Rey
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Directed by: William Friedkin
Written by: Ernest Tidyman from Robin Moore's book

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Released:	1971

Genre:	CRIME THRILLER

Origin:	US

Length:	104

Cop (Gene Hackman, pictured) tries to break a drugs ring.

Reviewed by Chris Tookey

Excellent thriller, convincingly acted (especially by Gene Hackman, pictured), with an authentically sleazy New York atmosphere. Owen Roizman's colour cinematography (rightly Oscar-nominated) is wonderfully grim. Even the chase - the one under the elevated railway - manages to be original, though it's been so often imitated that inevitably it lacks the impact which it had on release. The sequel, wittily entitled French Connection II, was a disappointment.

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