Is it safe? Babe Levy is a Ph.D. candidate who becomes caught in the middle of a dangerous international plot involving Nazis, stolen jewels, and government agents.

Ted Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.

Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.

Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.

A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>

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Trivia According to According to William Friedkin Gene Hackman had a hard time saying Doyle's racist language without cringing. Friedkin admitted that the blatant racism was directly inspired by the real Doyle, retired officer Eddie Egan , but he also called Egan "a great cop, and a lot of this was an act. A lot of what Egan did was bravado in order to seize control and make sure that all of these suspects, most of them dealers and often users of heavy drugs, would do what he told them to do." See more

Goofs It is never explained exactly why Sal drives the Lincoln Continental packed with millions of dollars worth of heroin from the garage and parked it on the street where it could be vandalized, as it almost was. It is never explained exactly why Sal drives the Lincoln Continental packed with millions of dollars worth of heroin from the garage and parked it on the street where it could be vandalized, as it almost was. See more

Crazy Credits The 20th-Century Fox logo fades in in black and white and then dissolves to color. The 20th-Century Fox logo fades in in black and white and then dissolves to color. See more

Alternate Versions A "special edition" of The French Connection features several scenes that never made the final cut of the movie. One of these scenes has actor See more » A "special edition" of The French Connection features several scenes that never made the final cut of the movie. One of these scenes has actor Marcel Bozzuffi being whipped by a topless hooker in his New York City hotel room. The trivia here is that the hooker is played by actress Darby Lloyd Rains who, several years later, would become one of the earliest stars of the adult film industry in such releases as Naked Came the Stranger