"The French Connection" quotes

The French Connection poster
A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.

Director: William Friedkin
Writer: Ernest Tidyman, Robin Moore
Production: N/A
Genre: action, crime, drama
Year: 1971
MetaScore: 94/100
ImdbRating: 7.7
BoxOffice: $51,700,000
Released: 09 Oct 1971
Awards: Won 5 Oscars. 22 wins & 12 nominations total

44 Clips

It's in perfect shape - The French Connection 00:19
It's in perfect shape
What about the last of the big time spenders - The French Connection 00:26
What about the last of the big time spenders
You shot Mulderig - The French Connection 00:10
You shot Mulderig
Your hunches have backfired before - The French Connection 01:13
Your hunches have backfired before
Mulderig and Klein - The French Connection 00:26
Mulderig and Klein
That crazy kid - The French Connection 00:21
That crazy kid
Is this your first trip to New York - The French Connection 00:36
Is this your first trip to New York
That's the third time he's come here this week - The French Connection 00:36
That's the third time he's come here this week
Please print your name on both tickets before you board the plane - The French Connection 00:20
Please print your name on both tickets before you board the...
What's your name - The French Connection 00:23
What's your name
Merry Christmas - The French Connection 00:24
Merry Christmas
You want the red or the white - The French Connection 00:44
You want the red or the white
Do you believe all this crap - The French Connection 00:22
Do you believe all this crap
What was the weight of the car when you got it - The French Connection 01:20
What was the weight of the car when you got it
That's what it was - The French Connection 00:45
That's what it was
I guess we got a deal - The French Connection 01:13
I guess we got a deal
What we got here - The French Connection 01:12
What we got here
The other guys a Frog too - The French Connection 00:27
The other guys a Frog too
Taking care of business - The French Connection 01:00
Taking care of business
Everybody's going to the moon - The French Connection 00:17
Everybody's going to the moon
Get that hair done before Saturday - The French Connection 00:21
Get that hair done before Saturday
Give him a chance - The French Connection 01:37
Give him a chance
The court order's in there for the wiretap - The French Connection 01:39
The court order's in there for the wiretap
A fuckin' hospital here - The French Connection 00:16
A fuckin' hospital here
I'm telling you - The French Connection 00:30
I'm telling you
And like to go to nightclubs - The French Connection 00:45
And like to go to nightclubs
We're gonna ask questions later - The French Connection 00:11
We're gonna ask questions later
I say we keep sitting on Boca - The French Connection 01:44
I say we keep sitting on Boca
I'm sittin' on Frog One - The French Connection 00:42
I'm sittin' on Frog One
Anybody want a milkshake - The French Connection 00:16
Anybody want a milkshake
One thing I've learned - The French Connection 00:44
One thing I've learned
We got the information there's no shit on the street - The French Connection 00:37
We got the information there's no shit on the street
You wanna play hide the salami with his old lady - The French Connection 00:20
You wanna play hide the salami with his old lady
That son of a bitch is here - The French Connection 00:07
That son of a bitch is here
That car is dirty - The French Connection 00:16
That car is dirty
Get your hands on your heads - The French Connection 00:18
Get your hands on your heads
Give me a break - The French Connection 01:10
Give me a break
Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval - The French Connection 01:07
Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval
You still picking your feet in Poughkeepsie - The French Connection 01:06
You still picking your feet in Poughkeepsie
You dumb guinea - The French Connection 00:34
You dumb guinea
I'll have a roundtrip ticket to Washington - The French Connection 00:36
I'll have a roundtrip ticket to Washington
You put a shiv in my partner - The French Connection 01:03
You put a shiv in my partner
Where are you goin' - The French Connection 00:11
Where are you goin'
She locked me up with my own cuffs - The French Connection 00:20
She locked me up with my own cuffs

Cast

Jimmy Doyle - Gene Hackman
Alain Charnier - Fernando Rey
Buddy Russo - Roy Scheider
Sal Boca - Tony Lo Bianco
Pierre Nicoli - Marcel Bozzuffi
Devereaux - Frédéric de Pasquale
Mulderig - Bill Hickman
Marie Charnier - Ann Rebbot
Weinstock - Harold Gary
Angie Boca - Arlene Farber
Simonson - Eddie Egan
La Valle (as Andre Ernotte) - André Ernotte
Klein - Sonny Grosso
Lou Boca - Benny Marino
Chemist - Patrick McDermott
Pusher - Alan Weeks
Informant - Al Fann
Police Mechanic - Irving Abrahams
Police Sergeant - Randy Jurgensen
Motorman - William Coke
The Three Degrees - The Three Degrees
Bidder at New York Car Auction - Frank Adonis
Uncredited - Gilda Albertoni
Man - Robert Dahdah
News Cameraman - Frank Durk
Woman at Airport - Rhina Ferrari
Hooker on the Street - Sarina C. Grant
Tollbooth Collector - Joe Lo Grippo
Schoolgirl - Melonie Haller
Little Boy - Eric Jones
Mobster's Redhead Wife - Gladys Lane
Hotel Guest - Doris McCarthy
Baldy - Bar Patron in Drug Raid - Charles McGregor
Woman with Baby Carriage - Lora Mitchell
Bicycle Girl - Maureen Mooney
Street Thief Leader - Santos Morales
Dock Worker - Silvano Nolemi
Auction Bidder - Burt Richards
Man - Willy Switkes
Mutchie - Fat Thomas
Auctioneer - Robert Weil