French Connection, The
Date: 1971
Director: William Friedkin
Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox Corporation
Stars: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzufi, Frederic de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Eddie Egan, Andre Ernotte, Sonny Grosso
Location(s): New York (USA), Bouches-du-Rhône (France)
Region(s): France, N. America, Rest Of The World
Storyline:
A pair of NYC cops in the narcotics bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection. JT
Additional Information:
Research by NR in 2011, followed by additional captures in 2018(?), and loaded by JT
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- Capture 1
- 13 Apr 2011
Charnier ("Frog One") leaves a restaurant. Chez Fon Fon. NR
Chez Fon Fon restaurant at Rue du Vallon des Auffes, Marseilles 13007. NR
- Capture 2
- 13 Apr 2011
A French undercover policeman enjoys a coffee outside La Samaritaine. NR
La Samaritaine at 2 Quai du Port, Marseille, 13002. (GEV) NR
- Capture 3
- 13 Apr 2011
The undercover French policeman heads home. This is Montée des Accoules in Marseilles. Further along the street appears in 'Seven Thunders'.
Montée des Accoules. Marseilles 13002 with the Notre Dame tower in view. Image copyright Google (GEV) NR
- Capture 4
- 13 Apr 2011
The chase starts by 912 Broadway, Brooklyn. In the film it is called Rio Piedras (now demolished). They catch up with a suspect on waste-ground off Marcus Garvey Blvd.
This pic confirms the location. It is not possible to see this church from the other street. The Woodhull medical center now occupies the site. The 'pick your feet in Poughkeepsie' scene was filmed in East Harlem. GEV. NR... Hank adds this is this is only a block away from caps 39-40. (SJ)
- Capture 5
- 13 Apr 2011
This is Charnier's house near Marseilles.
Avenue de L'Amiral Ganteaume, Cassis 13260 (GEV) NR
- Capture 6
- 23 Apr 2011
Sal parks the Lincoln. He and Angie drive off in a Ford Mercury Comet car. While being observed by Popeye and Cloudy
Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York 11201 (GEV) NR
- Capture 7
- 13 Apr 2011
Same location as previous. Note the brickwork around the door. NR
Columbia Heights again. (GEV) NR
- Capture 8
- 13 Apr 2011
Sal & Angie's café
91, Wyckoff Ave, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York. (GEV) NR
- Capture 9
- 13 Apr 2011
Sal & Angie emerge from Ratner's restaurant, while Popeye and Cloudy observe from a car parked in Suffolk Street nearby. NR
138 Delancey Street. The Williamsburg bridge in view. (GEV) NR
- Capture 10
- 13 Apr 2011
Sal makes a drop, observed by Popeye and Cloudy
177 Mulberry Street near Broome Street in Little Italy, New York. (GEV) NR
- Capture 11
- 18 Apr 2011
Mulberry street. NR
Mulberry Street looking south. (GEV) NR
- Capture 12
- 18 Apr 2011
Popeye dashes from phonebox
Corner of Broome Street and Mulberry Street, New York. (GEV) NR
- Capture 13
- 18 Apr 2011
Weinstock's Hotel. NR
East 82nd Street and Fifth Avenue, across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (GEV) NR
- Capture 14
- 18 Apr 2011
Charnier and hitman observe the Lincoln being unloaded at the dock. NR
The viewing platform at the end of Remsen Street, Brooklyn. (GEV) NR
- Capture 15
- 18 Apr 2011
Sal parks the Lincoln.
East 44th Street and Madison Ave. (GEV) NR
- Capture 16
- 'Now' required
Cloudy approaches East 45th Street entrance of The Roosevelt Hotel. NR
- Capture 17
- 18 Apr 2011
Popeye tails Charnier and hitman. NR
The corner of Second Avenue and East 50th Street. (GEV) NR
- Capture 18
- 18 Apr 2011
Charnier and hitman dine.
East 50th Street and First Avenue. The restaurant has since been modernised. (GEV) NR
- Capture 19
- 18 Apr 2011
Shoe store where Popeye Doyle observes the restaurant
East 50th and First Avenue. (GEV) NR
- Capture 20
- 18 Apr 2011
Charnier goes back to the Westbury hotel
840 Madison Ave. The Westbury is no longer there. (GEV) NR
- Capture 21
- 18 Apr 2011
Charnier crosses Madison Ave.
Madison Avenue and 68th Street. (GEV) NR
- Capture 22
- 18 Apr 2011
East 67th street and Madison Ave
East 67th Street and Madison Ave. (GEV) NR
- Capture 23
- 18 Apr 2011
Charnier disappears into the subway.
Subway Fifth Avenue by Central Park. (GEV) NR
- Capture 24
- 18 Apr 2011
Popeye follows Charnier into the subway
Fifth Avenue subway entrance near Grand Army Plaza. Same as previous. (GEV) NR
- Capture 25
- 18 Apr 2011
Popeye Doyle comes out of the subway. He chases after Charnier towards Fifth Avenue. Past the General Sherman statue at Grand Army Plaza on to Grand Central subway.
Subway entrance on East 60th Street near Fifth Avenue. (GEV) NR
- Capture 26
- 18 Apr 2011
Crash site where Popeye is told he is off assignment
Henry Hudson Parkway Route 9A junction 24. With Mosholu Parkway.(GEV) NR
- Capture 27
- 18 Apr 2011
Off assignment Popeye Doyle heads home.
Popeye's apartment, The Marlboro Housing project, is on Stillwell Avenue Brooklyn near Bay 50th Street station. (GEV) NR
- Capture 28
- 18 Apr 2011
Doyle commandeers a car
Stillwell Ave, Brooklyn near Bay 50th station. (GEV) NR
- Capture 29
- 18 Apr 2011
The end of the car/train chase.
New Utrecht Ave with 14th Ave and 60th Street, Brooklyn, New York. (GEV) NR
- Capture 30
- 18 Apr 2011
Cloudy going to an underground garage
East 38th street near Park Avenue. (GEV) NR
- Capture 31
- 18 Apr 2011
Cloudy runs out of the garage
East 38th Street near Park Avenue. (GEV) NR
- Capture 32
- 18 Apr 2011
The Lincoln car prepares to park
Peck Slip near the Brooklyn Bridge. (GEV) NR
- Capture 33
- 18 Apr 2011
The Lincoln is tailed by Popeye and Cloudy
Water Street near the Brooklyn Bridge. (GEV) NR
- Capture 34
- 18 Apr 2011
The Lincoln car. Parked and watched all night.
Dover Street near by the Brooklyn Bridge. (GEV) NR
- Capture 35
- 16 Apr 2011
'Popeye' Doyle comes out of a bar on the Lower East Side
South Street and the corner of Market Street, by the Manhattan Bridge. The building on the left has gone. (GEV) NR
- Capture 36
- 17 Apr 2011
Cloudy tails Charnier and hitman.
East 50th Street. Between Second Avenue and First Avenue. The building is undergoing refurbishment. (GEV) NR
- Capture 37
- 20 Apr 2011
Cloudy and Doyle chase their suspect through traffic
Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn. The only reference is the tower block. (GEV) NR
- Capture 38
- 20 Apr 2011
french policeman near his home
Rue des Moulins off Rue du Panier in Old Town Marseilles. (GEV) NR.
- Capture 39
- 21 May 2018
Neil Rigby provides us with this addition screen capture saying that it is 950 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York. They walk towards Myrtle Ave. (RL)... Hank (see comparison) prefers the low 800s Broadway as they walk away from the Ellery Street junction heading north-west towards the unusual "mid-block" staircases up to the Flushing Avenue elevated train station. (SJ)
Hank did some independent research on this title and has sent this in, commenting, "There is now the "maintenance shed" atop the elevated track above Ellery Street, and although it's difficult to tell, there is still the fire hydrant in the same spot." Just by the left of the pedestrian. (SJ)
- Capture 40
- 21 May 2018
A second capture from Neil showing 1128 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, New York. That used to be a bar next to a bowling alley. (RL)
Hanks notes that the empty lot has long been filled in by 794-796 Broadway. (SJ)
- Capture 41
- 'Now' required
With thanks to Neil Rigby who kindly decided to share this additional capture with us having established the location. As a result we may be the only website with this information, much appreciated, Neil. 331 East 119th Street New York 10035. (RL)