The French Connection exploded onto the scene. Gritty doesn’t even cover it — this movie had some real edge. But the actual showstopper was Gene Hackman.

A s we mourn the death of Hollywood legend Gene Hackman, I thought now would be a good time to look back on how he and director William Friedkin changed movie car chases forever with his ...

Kerry's French Connection. By ABC News. April 16, 2004, 11:02 AM — -- (French ... But the French TV station wouldn't give us the tape because they-and the Kerry camp-worried it might end up ...

Tony Lo Bianco, the Brooklyn actor who oozed criminal charm in the gritty 1970s New York City dramas The French Connection and The Seven-Ups, has died.He was 87. Lo Bianco died Tuesday night of ...