On paper The French Connection appears to be a run-of-the-mill crime thriller, with a protagonist, in Detective Jimmy ‘Popeye’ Doyle (Gene Hackman), who doesn’t play by the rules but who ‘gets the job done’’. In reality, though the odd cliche is apparent intermittently, The French Connection is an intelligent, fast-paced movie with an ending that…
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