The French Connection (1971)
Directed by William Friedkin
Two New York narcotics detectives stumble onto a huge heroin shipment arriving from Marseille, and tail its French mastermind across Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Marseille, France≈ 00:00:00Stated on screen
In Marseille an undercover detective tailing Charnier is shot, and the drug shipment is set in motion.
- 1Santa Claus bust≈ 00:06:00Bedford-Stuyvesant, BrooklynInferred
Popeye, dressed as Santa, and Cloudy chase down and rough up a street dealer.
- 2Copacabana nightclub, New York≈ 00:12:00Stated on screen
At the Copacabana the detectives notice Sal Boca spending big and tail him through the night.
- 3Tail and subway shuttle≈ 00:40:00New York City, New YorkInferred
Popeye tails Charnier on foot and loses him in a cat-and-mouse game on the subway shuttle.
- 4Washington, D.C.≈ 00:53:00Stated on screen
Charnier meets Boca in Washington while the detectives watch.
- 5Elevated train chase≈ 01:00:00Bensonhurst, BrooklynInferred
- 6Derelict buildings≈ 01:30:00Wards Island, New YorkStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 7,353 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 7
- Not shown: 7,332 km
- Car: 21 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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