LOVE CONNECTION WITH HACKMAN!

AMONG the great actor GENE HACKMAN’s many iconic movies is the 1971 neo-noir The French Connection, where he plays roug hand-tumble New York City cop Popeye Doyle pursuing a huge heroin smuggling operation. Hackman actually did some of the driving in the legendary chaotic car chase scene beneath an elevated train in Brooklyn — all filmed on the sly at 90 mph without official city permits, and resulting in several unplanned, real-life collisions. We miss you, Gene!…

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