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The French Connection
Why this pick
Shares The Seven-Ups’ bruising New York police procedural energy, morally rough investigators, documentary-grain city textures, and an exceptionally tense pursuit-driven momentum.
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MOVIE1973 1h 43m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
NYPD detective Buddy Manucci has been getting flak from the higher-ups in the New York City police force because his team of renegade policemen, known as the "seven-ups" (so called because most criminals they arrest receive sentences from seven years and up) has been using unorthodox methods to capture criminals; this is illustrated as the team ransacks an antiques store that is a front for the running of counterfeit money.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jerry Leon
Mingo - Seven-Up
Larry Haines
Max Kalish
Richard Lynch
Moon
Lou Polan
Carmine Coltello
Robert Burr
Lt. Hanes
Rex Everhart
Inspector Gilson
David Wilson
Bobby
Frances Chaney
Mrs. Kalish