French Connection II (1975)

Directed by

John Frankenheimer

Genre

drama film, action film, adventure film, crime film, mystery film, neo-noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 478 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A New York detective travels to Marseille to hunt a drug lord who escaped him before. He struggles with the local language and police methods while pursuing his target through the city's underworld.

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What happens

French Connection II is a 1975 American neo-noir action thriller film starring Gene Hackman and directed by John Frankenheimer. It is a sequel to the 1971 film The French Connection, and continues the story of the central character, Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, who travels to Marseille in order to track down French drug-dealer Alain Charnier, played by Fernando Rey, who escaped at the end of the first film. Hackman and Rey are the only returning cast members. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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