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Why ‘The French Connection’ Still Gets Under Our Skin

WHAT IN POUGHKEEPSIE?

Released in 1971, the late William Friedkin’s Oscar-winning masterpiece has lost none of its power to make us squirm.

Shannon Robinson
Shannon Robinson
An upclose still of Gene Hackman in the film The French Connection.
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