Director William Friedkin cast real-life detectives. Only one is still alive today.

In director William Friedkin’s 1971 crime classic, “The French Connection,” two New York cops work to catch a massive heroin shipment from France. Gene Hackman plays pugnacious police officer Jimmy ...

It’s the dead of winter. As Santa Claus rings his bells on a pavement in Brooklyn, a hot dog vendor wanders into a bar. That’s when the commotion begins. A drug dealer with a knife bursts out of the ...

This commentary’s title gives the impression that I’m writing about the 1971 film, “The French Connection,” starring Gene Hackman. I’m not. This is about the utterly insulting relationship between the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Disney) Film fans are expressing their fury after a scene in The French Connection was censored without explanation. Those ...