Cinematic background from The French Connection 1971 - Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

The French Connection

1971

Action, Crime, Drama

Directors:
William Friedkin
Writers:
Ernest Tidyman, William Friedkin, Robin Moore
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Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A person is walking down a hallway in a building; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A street scene with steam coming out of the back of a fire truck; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A person's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A car driving down a street at night with smoke billowing from the headlights; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A group of people sitting at a table with food; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man standing in front of a train holding a newspaper; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man walking down a street next to parked cars; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – Cars driving down a road on a cloudy day; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A group of men standing next to each other in front of a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A group of people standing around a subway train; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a hat and a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A group of people standing around a bar; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A group of young people standing next to each other; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A group of people sitting at tables outside of a restaurant; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – The back end of a car on the street at night; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man standing next to a yellow taxi cab; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A person looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – An older man standing in front of a lighthouse; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – Two people walking down a street in a city; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man with a beard wearing a suit and a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – An older man in a blue work shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man looking out over the water from a cliff; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man standing on the sidewalk holding a cell phone; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a suit and a hat standing in front of a building; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man walking down a street next to a fire hydrant; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man walking down a long hallway in a building; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – An older man in a blue work shirt is holding his hand up to his head; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – Two people walking down a sidewalk near a building; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man walking down the street holding a cell phone; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – An older man is holding a can of coke; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man with a cigarette in his mouth; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A group of cars driving down a bridge; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a hat and a tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man smoking a cigarette next to a parked car at night; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing a hat and a tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man in a black coat and a black hat smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man walking down a street holding a newspaper; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man standing in front of a group of people; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A couple of cars parked in front of a tall building; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man in a suit and a black hat is holding his hand up; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man in a hat and a man in a black jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – Two men standing next to each other at an outdoor food stand; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a hat and a trench coat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a santa claus hat and beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man running down the street with a backpack on; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a hat and holding a gun in his hand; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A person walking down a set of stairs in an alleyway; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man holding a gun in his hand; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man in a suit and hat walking down a train platform; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A person is walking in a dark alley way; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a hat and a suit walking down the street; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A couple of men sitting in the back of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man in a uniform standing on a subway train; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – Two men in business suits talking to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A person wearing a brown jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a suit and a hat looking out a car window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A person in a car wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – Two men sitting at a table with a cake on top of it; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A street scene with cars parked on the side of the road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A couple of men standing next to each other on top of a wall; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A couple of men sitting in the back of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a hat and a black jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a trench coat and a red scarf; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing a hat and gloves; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man standing in front of a street light; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man sitting on a subway train next to a person standing; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A red van parked on the side of the road under a bridge; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing a jacket and a black shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man walking down the street in front of a building with smoke billowing out of it; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A man standing in the dark wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – An older man in a suit and hat walking down the street; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – Two men are sitting in the back of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – A person wearing glasses and looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The French Connection” (1971), directed by William Friedkin – Two men standing on a bridge looking at a city; Wide shot, Low angle