Continuing the season of classic seventies thrillers, introduced by Mark Kermode. Assigned to help the French smash a heroin gang in Marseilles, "Popeye" Doyle finds that his reputation as a tough New Yorker has preceded him. Gradually, he earns the respect of the local police as he sets about finding his old adversary - Chamier.
Widescreen.
(1975, 18) ****
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Films: pp 60-65