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French Connection II
Directed by
John Frankenheimer
R
1975
1h 59m
Action
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Crime
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6.7
82%
62%
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New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle follows the trail of the French connection smuggling ring to France where he teams up with the gendarmes to hunt down the ringleader.
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Cast of French Connection II
Gene Hackman
"Popeye" Doyle
Fernando Rey
Alain Charnier
Bernard Fresson
Henri Barthélémy
Philippe Léotard
Jacques
Ed Lauter
General William Brian
Charles Millot
Miletto
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Raoul
Cathleen Nesbitt
The Old Lady
Samantha Llorens
Denise
André Penvern
Bartender
Reine Prat
Young Girl on the Beach
Raoul Delfosse
Dutch Captain
Ham Chau Luong
Japanese Captain
Jacques Dynam
Inspector Genevoix
Malek Kateb
Algerian Chief
Pierre Collet
Old Pro
Alexandre Fabre
Young Inspector
Jean-Pierre Zola
Dumpy Policeman
Manu Pluton
Murdered Arab
Daniel Vérité
1st Guard Hotel Tangers
Hal Needham
Doyle Kidnapper (uncredited)
Marie-Christine Descouard
Young Woman in Cafe (uncredited)
John Frankenheimer
Director
Alexander Jacobs
Writer
Robert Dillon
Writer
Laurie Dillon
Writer
Robin Moore
Writer
Robert L. Rosen
Producer
French Connection II Ratings & Reviews
The New Yorker
Penelope Gilliatt
The central character, Popeye Doyle, is again played by Gene Hackman and seems to be a man to root for, but there is really nothing to home but ignobility and biceps.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Elston Brooks
Frankenheimer's directorial touches abound in this, his best picture in years.
Los Angeles Times
Charles Champlin
It is a free-standing picture, a striking and strongly entertaining work on its own terms, different in setting.
Miami Herald
John Huddy
"French Connection II" is ruthless, raunchy, profane, and powerful - in some important ways, superior to the original.
New York Daily News
Ann Guarino
Bound to be numbered among the best of the year.
Austin American-Statesman
Patrick Taggart
A sometimes fast, often slow and almost always intriguing movie that is both more and less than its parent.
Detroit Free Press
Susan Stark
Riveting entertainment.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
After watching Gene Hackman curse and stomp his way around Marseilles, one can only say "vive la difference."
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Farnum Gray
Although it has some of the contrived air often found in sequels, it's a decent thriller with lots of action.
Eye for Film
Stephen Carty
The French Connection II is a decent genre effort, but not a massively memorable one.
Gone With The Twins
Mike Massie
The whole film is essentially one long chase, separated by constant disagreements and politics between nationalities.
Hollywood Jesus
Ed Travis
I believe that The French Connection II is all about the slow-burn chase. And I believe the film succeeds in being its own unique thriller that doesn't mindlessly ape its predecessor.
Los Angeles Free Press
Jacoba Atlas
Oftentimes the plot is sacrificed to an action statement... The acting, however, Is faultless.
Parallax View
Richard T. Jameson
French Connection II, sequel or no, comes off as more of a felt work, and what I make contact with through it is a director.
Draxblog Movie Reviews
Dragan Antulov
looks lost in space and time
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
may wrap up the story the original began, but it just doesn't have the same magic
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
The last ten minutes are the best thing about it (that final shot is one of the best of the '70s), and it's no coincidence that in this ten minutes Frankenheimer returns to his technician passions.
Movie Views
Ryan Cracknell
While it certainly is a couple of notches below its action classic original, French Connection II is still a darned good action film that maintains the core of its central character and has some added layers that are genuinely disturbing.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
[A] fairly stylish spinoff from Billy Friedkin's enormously successful 1971 original, "The French Connection."
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
I kept wondering why French Connection II hadn't stayed on location in New York, where Popeye belonged, instead of going to Marseille, a place it's patently clear no sane superior would ever send him.
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