French Connection II | |
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Directed by | John Frankenheimer |
Screenplay by | Alexander Jacobs Robert Dillon Laurie Dillon |
Story by | Robert Dillon Laurie Dillon |
Based on | The French Connection 1971 film by William Friedkin |
Produced by | Robert L. Rosen |
Starring | Gene Hackman Fernando Rey Bernard Fresson |
Cinematography | Claude Renoir |
Edited by | Tom Rolf |
Music by | Don Ellis |
Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English French |
Budget | $4.3 million[1] |
Box office | $12.5 million[2] |
French Connection II is a 1975 American neo-noir action thriller film[3] 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.