June 3, 2026
THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) – AFI Movie Club
Featuring one of cinema’s great car chases – a visceral, frenetic race against an elevated train – director William Friedkin’s THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971) also includes another thrilling chase, at the end of which Fernado Rey’s heroin-smuggling Charnier evades Gene Hackman’s Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle by slipping onto a departing subway car. The film was included...
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