In April 1972, The French Connection took home five Academy Awards, including Best Director for William Friedkin, Actor for Gene Hackman, and Picture for Philip D’Antoni. The film about a relentless ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Popeye Doyle standing in front of a crowd of police in The French Connection (1971) - Bettmann/Getty Images Even during a decade ...

In a biography of Howard Hawks, author Todd McCarthy writes that when William Friedkin was living with Hawks' daughter Kitty in the early 1970s, Friedkin asked the famed director what he thought of ...

"The French Connection" is based on Robin Moore's 1969 book of the same name. Both films tell the story of NYPD detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, in pursuit of french heroin smugglers.

Sonny Grosso (left), Eddie Egan 'The French Connection' (1971) Shutterstock Sonny Grosso, an NYPD detective who, along with partner Eddie Egan, inspired William Friedkin’s 1971 crime classic The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shot in real traffic, among real pedestrians, Jurgensen said the stunt driver reached speeds of 65 miles per hour in a ...