Directed by William Friedkin
Based on a true story, New York City Narcotics Detectives Doyle and Russo uncover an operation to smuggle heroin from Marseille, France to New York, leading to one of the greatest car chase scenes ever as ruthless cop Doyle, played in an Oscar-winning performance by Gene Hackman, pursues a hijacked elevated train across Brooklyn.
Twentieth Century Fox. Producer: Philip D’Antoni. Screenwriter: Ernest Tidyman. Cinematographer: Owen Roizman. Editor: Jerry Greenberg. Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi.
35mm, color, 104 min.
