Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The French Connection (1971)

French Connection, The - (Original Trailer)

Five Oscars including Best Picture went to The French Connection (1971) based on the true story of New York narcotics detective "Popeye" Doyle (Gene Hackman).

French Connection, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Popeye's Here!

Cop Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman), with partner Russo (Roy Scheider), blows into a rough Manhattan bar with a torrent of profanity, his real aim being to divert attention away from a consultation with his informant Hector (Al Fann) in William Friedkin's The French Connection, 1971.

French Connection, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) They're All Cousins!

New York cops Popeye (Gene Hackman) and Cloudy (Roy Scheider), at the Copacabana, with The Three Degrees performing a Jimmy Webb Song, can't help noticing gangsters, especially Sal Boca (Tony Lo Bianco) and decide to give chase, in an early scene from William Friedkin's The French Connection, 1971.

French Connection, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Marseilles

Brief credits then a quick introduction of Charnier (Fernando Rey) in Marseilles, and the stalking of a victim by the mostly unseen Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi), from William Friedkin's The French Connection, 1971.

French Connection, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) You Like Santa Claus?

Outrageous first scene for Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) playing Santa and Cloudy Russo (Roy Scheider) posing as a hot-dog man, and chasing a suspect in Brooklyn, in William Friedkin's The French Connection, 1971.