The French Connection

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The French Connection, 1971.

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

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The French Connection, 1971.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The French Connection, 1971.

Guest host Michael Phillips introduces The French Connection, 1971.

Guest host Madeleine Stowe introduces The French Connection, 1971.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The French Connection, 1971.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).