The feature film starring Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider.

Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle, a relentlessly tough New York policeman, becomes obsessed with the breaking of a narcotics ring operating between Marseilles and America, and in his pursuit of the truth gradually finds himself at odds with both criminals and his superiors.

This exciting police story was shot with almost documentary realism on Brooklyn streets, and, apart from the vividness of Hackman's portrayal, contains a car chase that has never been surpassed for virtuosity or excitement.

(First showing on British television) Films: pages 16-17