The French Connection 3

Original title: Popeye Doyle

TV Movie
1986
Not Rated
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

415

YOUR RATING

Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

NYPD Detective Popeye Doyle investigates the death of a local prostitute which soon leads him and his partner into a web of international intrigue and foreign assassins.NYPD Detective Popeye Doyle investigates the death of a local prostitute which soon leads him and his partner into a web of international intrigue and foreign assassins.NYPD Detective Popeye Doyle investigates the death of a local prostitute which soon leads him and his partner into a web of international intrigue and foreign assassins.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

415

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
An unsold TV pilot based on the character from The French Connection (1971).

Goofs
When Weasel is stalking Popeye through the abandoned building, his shoes make the distinct crisp sound of leather but he is wearing sneakers which would have made no sound.

Quotes
Tony Parese: How can you drink that stuff?
Popeye Doyle: I'm Irish. I can drink whatever I want.

Connections
Featured in The Greatest Show You Never Saw (1996)

Soundtracks
American Chaser
Written by Molly Johnson & Norman Orenstein
Performed by Alta Moda
Courtesy of Current Records

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Featured review

7/10

Before Al Bundy

The French Connection with Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider is pure gold. Unfortunately, this TV pilot based on the original is not nearly as valuable.

The best part of this movie is seeing Ed O'Neil pre-Married With Children take in a role that Hackman had made his own. O'Neil is not as good as Hackman but then he doesn't have Friedkin directing him or Roy Scheider supporting him.

O'Neil is raw here but it would have been interesting to see what he could have done had he not gotten typecast (and wealthy) as Al Bundy. You have to give O'Neil credit for playing a character he knew would be unfavorably compared to to the original. He doesn't chew the scenes the way Hackman did but he does put his own, more laid-back take on the only character in movie history that asks about toe picking in Poughkeepsie.

O'Neil is the only reason to watch this movie since the plot and other actors are fairly pedestrian. It's not available on DVD which is good because I wouldn't recommend it as a purchase or a rental but you can catch it on Fox Movie channel once in a while. You'll always wonder what Al Bundy could have done had he carried a gun.