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title: "The French Connection: cast and crew"
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cast: 21
crew: 44
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# The French Connection (1971): cast and crew

21 cast and 44 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Gene Hackman](https://film.one/person/gene-hackman.md) as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
- [Roy Scheider](https://film.one/person/roy-scheider.md) as Buddy Russo
- [Fernando Rey](https://film.one/person/fernando-rey.md) as Alain Charnier
- [Tony Lo Bianco](https://film.one/person/tony-lo-bianco.md) as Sal Boca
- [Marcel Bozzuffi](https://film.one/person/marcel-bozzuffi.md) as Pierre Nicoli
- [Frédéric de Pasquale](https://film.one/person/frederic-de-pasquale.md) as Devereaux
- [Bill Hickman](https://film.one/person/bill-hickman.md) as Mulderig
- [Ann Rebbot](https://film.one/person/ann-rebbot.md) as Marie Charnier
- [Harold Gary](https://film.one/person/harold-gary.md) as Weinstock
- [Arlene Farber](https://film.one/person/arlene-farber.md) as Angie Boca
- [Eddie Egan](https://film.one/person/eddie-egan.md) as Simonson
- [André Ernotte](https://film.one/person/andre-ernotte.md) as La Valle
- Sonny Grosso as Klein
- Benny Marino as Lou Boca
- Patrick McDermott as Chemist
- Alan Weeks as Pusher
- Al Fann as Informant
- Irving Abrahams as Police Mechanic
- Randy Jurgensen as Police Sergeant
- William Coke as Motorman
- Charles McGregor as "Baldy" (uncredited)

## Directing

- [William Friedkin](https://film.one/person/william-friedkin.md): Director
- William C. Gerrity: Assistant Director
- Terence A. Donnelly: Assistant Director
- [Nicholas Sgarro](https://film.one/person/nicholas-sgarro.md): Script Supervisor
- Ron Walsh: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Ernest Tidyman](https://film.one/person/ernest-tidyman.md): Screenplay
- Robin Moore: Book

## Production

- [Philip D'Antoni](https://film.one/person/philip-dantoni.md): Producer
- G. David Schine: Executive Producer
- [Kenneth Utt](https://film.one/person/kenneth-utt.md): Associate Producer
- Paul Ganapoler: Unit Production Manager
- Robert Weiner: Casting
- Fat Thomas: Other
- [Eddie Egan](https://film.one/person/eddie-egan.md): Other

## Camera

- [Owen Roizman](https://film.one/person/owen-roizman.md): Director of Photography
- Enrique Bravo: Camera Operator
- Robert Ward: Key Grip

## Editing

- [Gerald B. Greenberg](https://film.one/person/gerald-b-greenberg.md): Editor
- [Norman Gay](https://film.one/person/norman-gay.md): Associate Editor

## Sound and music

- Theodore Soderberg: Sound
- Chris Newman: Sound
- [Don Ellis](https://film.one/person/don-ellis.md): Conductor, Original Music Composer

## Art

- Edward Garzero: Set Decoration
- Ben Kasazkow: Art Direction
- Thomas Wright: Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- Irving Buchman: Makeup Artist
- [Joseph Fretwell III](https://film.one/person/joseph-fretwell-iii.md): Costume Design
- Florence Foy: Wardrobe Supervisor
- Joseph W. Dehn: Wardrobe Supervisor

## Lighting

- William Ward: Electrician

## Crew

- [Bill Hickman](https://film.one/person/bill-hickman.md): Stunt Coordinator, Stunt Double
- Sass Bedig: Special Effects
- Sonny Grosso: Technical Advisor
- Fred J. Lincoln: Stunts
- Joe Pronto: Stunts
- George Fisher: Stunts
- [Carey Loftin](https://film.one/person/carey-loftin.md): Stunt Driver
- Joe Finnegan: Stunts
- Alex Stevens: Stunts
- Jerry Summers: Stunt Driver
- Harry Daley: Stunts
- Cliff Cudney: Stunts
- Hal Needham: Stunts
- [Eddie Egan](https://film.one/person/eddie-egan.md): Technical Advisor

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