William Friedkin's 1971 action thriller features a famous chase scene that has gone down as one of the best in cinema, but filming the scene was quite risky. Friedkin's The French Connection opened to ...

As we mourn the death of Hollywood legend Gene Hackman, I thought now would be a good time to look back on how he and ...

What’s the greatest chase scene in American movies? One could easily make a convincing argument for the lengthy action sequence that anchors Buster Keaton’s “The General,” or for the kinetic urban set ...

Gene Hackman, a decade-spanning Hollywood legend with two Oscar victories for his roles in William Friedkin's 1971 classic The French Connection and Clint Eastwood's 1992 western Unforgiven, has died ...

The death of Hollywood icon Gene Hackman saddened millions — and a legendary ex-NYPD detective who tutored him in his most famous screen role in “The French Connection” is feeling his loss more than ...

William Friedkin’s 1971 thriller French Connection tells the story of bent cops ‘Popeye’ Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy ‘Cloudy’ (Roy Scheider) as they attempt to foil a large narcotics smuggling ...

Ron Shelton's buddy film didn't find the audience it deserved in 2003, but it contains Harrison Ford's loosest, funniest performance and some of the best action set pieces of all time. What’s the ...

He, his wife and a dog were found dead in their New Mexico home. His superb body of work included 'Bonnie and Clyde,' 'I Never Sang for My Father,' 'The Conversation,' 'Hoosiers' and 'Unforgiven.' By ...