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Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic94/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
2,202 audience votes
Key crew
- William FriedkinDirector
- Ernest TidymanScreenplay
- Don EllisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gene HackmanJimmy "Popeye" Doyle
- Roy ScheiderBuddy Russo
- Fernando ReyAlain Charnier
- Tony Lo BiancoSal Boca
- Marcel BozzuffiPierre Nicoli
- Frédéric de PasqualeDevereaux
- Bill HickmanMulderig
- Ann RebbotMarie Charnier
- Harold GaryWeinstock
- Arlene FarberAngie Boca
- Eddie EganSimonson
- André ErnotteLa Valle
Stills
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Themes
drug dealernew york citypolice brutalitydrug smugglingundercover agentgangsterheroinmarseille, franceparanoianight lifeattempted murderdrug mule
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