French Connection N°2

Original title: French Connection II

1975
13
1h 59m

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6.7/10

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Action Crime Drama Thriller

"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York."Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York."Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

22K

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POPULARITY

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 nominations total

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French Connection II

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Trivia
Gene Hackman almost passed on this film. He felt that the length of time between the original and the sequel would hurt the film's chances for success. In the DVD commentary Hackman suggested this was the reason for the film's disappointing box office performance.

Goofs
In the first bar scene, Popeye Doyle eats an egg that changes from partially eaten to whole again and back again while he tries to talk to the French girls.

Quotes
Jimmy Doyle: Jack Daniel's.
French Barkeeper: Jacques qui?
Jimmy Doyle: Jackie, yeah, Jackie Daniel's.
French Barkeeper: ?
Jimmy Doyle: Scotch, right there, El Scotcho.
French Barkeeper: Whisky?
Jimmy Doyle: Here we go.
French Barkeeper: Avec glace? (With ice?)
Jimmy Doyle: Yeah, in a glass.

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: MARSEILLES

Alternate versions
German theatrical and VHS releases were marginally cut to secure the "not under 16" rating from the FSK. Later releases, starting with the DVD era, all such cuts were waived.

Connections
Featured in Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection' (2001)

Soundtracks
La Marseillaise
(uncredited)
Music by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Performed by the Band during the money exchange

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Featured review

7/10

The film's best scene has Gene Hackman firing on all cylinders

Shipping Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle across the Atlantic to France, where he meets up with political exile director John Frankenheimer, does give this freestanding sequel to The French Connection a certain autonomy, even if the filmmakers ultimately end up sacrificing suspense and urgency along the way. The plot again revolves around heroin-smuggling led by drug kingpin Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey), but this picture only really comes alive and starts feeling authentic once it delves into Doyle's budding heroin addiction following a kidnapping. The film's best scene has Gene Hackman firing on all cylinders - drunk and in heroin-withdrawal, he alternately lashes out on and leans on his French colleague Henri Barthélémy (Bernard Fresson), and there's a riveting authenticity to Hackman's work in this and contiguous segments. And it certainly makes "Popeye" and also the film's rather predictable finale more relevant in the process.