- Release Date:
- October 9, 1971
- Director:
- William Friedkin
- Cast:
- Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale
- Rating:
- R
- Runtime:
- 104
- Main Genre:
- Action
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Writers:
- Ernest Tidyman, Robin Moore, Howard Hawks, Edward M. Keyes
- Tagline:
- Doyle is bad news - but a good cop.
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Summary
Alain Chanier is a dapper businessman from Marseilles, France, who is in reality a drug lord working on a big score - to sell $32 million worth of 89% pure heroin to New York City. But his potential buyer - small-time hood Salvatore Boca - is being tailed by two undercover NYC cops, James "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo.
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