The death of Hollywood icon Gene Hackman saddened millions — and a legendary ex-NYPD detective who tutored him in his most ...

New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle follows the trail of the French connection smuggling ring to France where he teams up with the gendarmes to hunt down the ringleader.

Hackman picked up more film work in the late 1960s, including as a quietly intense Olympic coach in “Downhill Racer.” But with “The French Connection,” Hackman catapulted to new heights of ...