The French Connection
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Two tough, streetwise New York narcotics detectives stumble upon an enormous international heroin-smuggling ring coordinated by a suave French industrialist, pursuing suspects through freezing tenements and an iconic breakneck car chase beneath an elevated subway train. William Friedkin's gritty, five-time Oscar-winning police procedural starring Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider.
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