Not only did it top our list of the best Gene Hackman movies, but neo-noir thriller "The French Connection" also found its way onto our rankings of the best detective movies and best suspense movies.
William Friedkin's 1971 action thriller features a famous chase scene that has gone down as one of the best in cinema, but filming the scene was quite risky. Friedkin's The French Connection opened to ...
In his real life, retired NYPD Detective Randy Jurgensen busted cop killers, drug dealers and street corner goons — but in his reel life he was the guy who whacked the godfather’s first born. During ...
He, his wife and a dog were found dead in their New Mexico home. His superb body of work included 'Bonnie and Clyde,' 'I Never Sang for My Father,' 'The Conversation,' 'Hoosiers' and 'Unforgiven.' By ...
Actor Tony Lo Bianco, best known for his roles in crime films “The French Connection” and “The Honeymoon Killers,” has died. He was 87. Lo Bianco died Tuesday of prostate cancer at his horse farm in ...
“The French Connection,” the 1971 film featuring one of the most memorable car chase scenes in American cinema, is among the films being screened in the spring 2016 edition of the Buffalo Film ...
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Actor Tony Lo Bianco, who played tough-guy characters in “The French Connection” and “The Seven-Ups” and starred in a one-man show about New York Mayor Fiorella La Guardia, died June 11. He was 87.
Gene Hackman, who was found dead at 95 alongside his wife at their Santa Fe, N.M. home on Feb. 26, was considered one of the greatest actors of his generation. He won two Oscars over a career spanning ...
Gene Hackman, the versatile leading man renowned for his smoldering performance as hard-nosed New York City narc Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in The French Connection, has died. He was 95. The much-admired ...