Other Titles • The French Connection • French Connection - Brennpunkt Brooklyn (1972)
Quotes from The French Connection (1971)
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Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: All right! You put a shiv in my partner. You know what that means? Goddammit! All winter long I got to listen to him gripe about his bowling scores. Now I'm gonna bust your ass for those three bags and I'm gonna nail you for picking your feet in Poughkeepsie. [a few scenes later:] Walt Simonson: Popeye. You still picking your feet in Poughkeepsie?
(48 votes)
2
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: This is Doyle. I'm sittin' on Frog One. Bill Mulderig: Yeah, I know that. We got the Westbury covered like a tent. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: The Westbury my ass! I got him on the shuttle at Grand Central, now what the hell's going on up there?
(42 votes)
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[Analyzing drug shipment]
(44 votes)
4
"Ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?"--Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman), spoken to various characters
(40 votes)
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Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: The son of a bitch is here. I saw him. I'm gonna get him. [Popeye presses his search of the abandoned crematorium] Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Son of a bitch.
(42 votes)
6
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: All right, Popeye's here! get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall!
Walt Simonson: Brooklyn is loaded with guys that own candy stores, two cars, and like to go to nightclubs! Buddy "Cloudy" Russo: Yeah, but you put this little candy store hustler together with Joel Weinstock and maybe we got a big score! Walt Simonson: Score, my ass!
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Salvatore "Sal" Boca: Weinstock, I'm telling you, they'll split if we don't move! This guy's got 'em like that, he's everything they say he is! Joel Weinstock: What about you, Sal? Are you everything they say YOU are?
10
[from a deleted scene] Bartender: Hey, Popeye, who do you think is the best fighter you've ever seen? Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Willie Mays. Bar-goers: Willie Mays? Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Yeah, he'll take that baseball bat of his, and knock you're fuckin' head off!
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Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: If that's not a drop I'll open up a charge for you at Bloomingdale's. Buddy "Cloudy" Russo: Make it Alexander's Toy Department.
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Buddy "Cloudy" Russo: You wanna play "hide the salami" with his wife?
13
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: You dumb guinea. Buddy "Cloudy" Russo: How the hell was I supposed to know he had a knife. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Never trust a nigger. Buddy "Cloudy" Russo: He could have been white. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Never trust anyone!
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[first lines] Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Merry Christmas. What's your name little boy? Little Boy: Eric. Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: Uh-huh, Eric. What do you want for Christmas Eric? Hmmm?
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