The French Connection (Book & DVD Double Pack)

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New York City detectives “Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover The French Connection. But when one of the criminals tries to kill Doyle, he begins a deadly pursuit that takes him far outside the city limits. Based on a true story, this action-filled thriller, with its renowned chase scene, won five Academy Awards®‚ in 1971, including Best Picture, Best Director (William Friedkin) and Best Actor for Hackman.


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The French Connection is a gripping account of an extraordinary narcotics case told as it actually happened. The story is spread over many suspensefilled months and involves plush Manhattan night clubs, dark tenements in Brooklyn and the Bronx, tree-lined suburbs on the Upper East Side, Paris, Marseilles and Palermo.

The case involved criminals both American and French, including Jean Jehan, director of the world’s largest heroin network and Jacques Angelvin, a famous French TV star.