#GeneHackman investigated #TheFrenchConnection 55 years ago when the movie opened on October 9th, 1971 #RoyScheider #FernandoRey #TonyLoBianco #MarcelBozzuffi #WilliamFriedkin #70sMovies #70sAction #PopeyeDoyle

Though #GregoryPeck & #LeeRemick seem to be perfectly cast as the #DevilChilds Mother & Father, many others were considered for the role of #AmbassadorThorn, including #OliverReed #WilliamHolden #CharltonHeston #RoyScheider #DickVanDyke & #CharlesBronson #IconoClassics How different would that be?

55 years ago:
The French Connection (US)
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a ...
1971-10-09
#Cinema #GeneHackman #RoyScheider #FernandoRey
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1051

50 years ago:
Marathon Man (US)
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a myste...
1976-10-08
#ClassicFilm #DustinHoffman #LaurenceOlivier #RoyScheider
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10518

"All right, Popeye's here! Get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall!"

🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 7 October 1971, #WilliamFriedkin's Best Picture Oscar-winning "The French Connection," starring #GeneHackman and #RoyScheider, premiered in NY and LA.

A brilliant original Trailer for

THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)

#GeneHackman #RoyScheider #WilliamFriedkin

Remembering classic acting legend Roy Scheider 🇺🇸 in 201️⃣0️⃣ The Year We Make Contact 🎬 Do you still watch 📺 this charming Blue Thunder 🚁 Jaws 🦈 and SeaQuest 🌊 icon✨ are you a huge fan like me ❤️ and his voice was so unmistakable 🎧 one very cool dude 😎 #Legend #RoyScheider #BlueThunder #Jaws #SeaQuest

One of the greatest moments of one of the greatest movies ever made. Can you guess the film? I mean it's simpler than Trump.

#spielberg #cinema #1970s #class #royscheider