The first movie even ended with a "here's what happened ... given his newfound Hollywood status and prior triumph playing ...

Movie protagonists rarely seem so obnoxious ... It’s full of chases: Popeye Doyle pursuing Fernando Rey on the subway or, ...

Even though his last movie was 2004’s Welcome to Mooseport ... A lot of cinephiles like to think of Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle as the quintessential Gene Hackman performance, but the truth ...

Here's the thing about Gene Hackman, Hollywood legend and character extraordinaire: Yeah, he was detective Popeye Doyle and supervillain ... one of the best disaster movies ever.

the movie features one of the great car chases of all-time. Hackman would play the man behind the wheel, “Popeye” Doyle, based on real-life New York cop Eddie Egan. Friedkin, whose background ...

The film’s protagonist is Popeye Doyle, a corrupt and racist New York ... his obsessive desire to hear what he wants to hear. This movie will haunt you for days. Features the most sinister ...

Two decades earlier, as Popeye Doyle, Hackman had found having to be ... In the picaresque road movie Scarecrow (1973), which Hackman described as his favourite movie he had worked on, he and ...

By Mike Barnes, Duane Byrge Gene Hackman, the versatile leading man renowned for his smoldering performance as hard-nosed New York City narc Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in The French Connection ...

Movie protagonists rarely seem so obnoxious ... more conventional leading men. For Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, being a New York detective isn’t just a job but a sacred cause.