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The French Connection

The French Connection

A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles,but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.

Why Should You Care: Chase the intense and gritty drug smuggling investigation in 'The French Connection'.

Awards Won:

  • 1971 Oscars Best Actor: Gene Hackman
  • 1971 Oscars Best Director: William Friedkin
  • 1971 Oscars Best Picture: Philip D'Antoni
  • 1971 Oscars Film Editing: Jerry Greenberg
  • 1971 Oscars Makeup: William J. Creber
  • 1971 Oscars Sound Effects Editing: Richard P. Cirincione,William L. McCaughey
  • 1971 Oscars Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium): Ernest Tidyman