French Connection, The - (Original Trailer)

French Connection, The (1971) - 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) - 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) - 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.

Intro Aired: Jun 2016

Madeleine Stowe Intro -- The French Connection (1971)

Guest host Madeleine Stowe introduces The French Connection, 1971.

Intro Aired: Aug 2019

Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The French Connection (1971)

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The French Connection, 1971.

Intro Aired: Feb 2019

Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The French Connection (1971)

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The French Connection, 1971.

Intro Aired: Sep 2016

Michael Phillips Intro -- The French Connection (1971)

Guest host Michael Phillips introduces The French Connection, 1971.

Intro Aired: May 2016

Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The French Connection (1971)

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The French Connection, 1971.

Intro Aired: May 2019

Alicia Malone Intro -- The French Connection (1971)

TCM’s Alicia Malone introduces The French Connection, 1971.

Intro Aired: Feb 2017

Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The French Connection (1971)

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The French Connection, 1971.

French Connection, The (1971) - 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.