The French Connection: Why audiences root for Gene Hackman’s Popeye Doyle against all odds
- Posted on February 27, 2025
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The French Connection: Why audiences root for Gene Hackman’s Popeye Doyle against all odds
The French Connection: Why audiences root for Gene Hackman’s Popeye Doyle against all odds - INSIDE FILM: More than half a century after William Friedkin’s revolutionary action film stunned viewers, Geoffrey Macnab looks at how the rogue cop at its centre manages to be so perversely sympathetic