type: 

ACTION

CRIME

THRILLER

A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.

name	character
Tony Lo Bianco	Salvatora 'Sal' Boca
Marcel Bozzuffi	Pierre Nicoli
Arlene Farber	Angie Boca
Harold Gary	Joel Weinstock
Gene Hackman	Det. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle
Bill Hickman	Bill Mulderig
Frédéric de Pasquale	Henri Devereaux
Fernando Rey	Alain Charnier
Roy Scheider	Det. Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo

name
Philip D'Antoni	producer
Don Ellis	composer
William Friedkin	director
Robin Moore	writer (original)
Ernest Tidyman	screenplay
Jimmy Webb	composer

year	award	category	name
1971	Academy Award	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Gene Hackman
1971	Academy Award	Best Director	William Friedkin
1971	Academy Award	Best Picture
1971	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Ernest Tidyman
1971	Golden Globe Award	Best Director	William Friedkin
1971	Golden Globe Award	Best Picture
1971	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor	Gene Hackman
1972	BAFTA	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Gene Hackman