| Popeye Doyle | |
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| Written by | Richard Di Lello |
| Directed by | Peter Levin |
| Starring | Ed O'Neill Candy Clark Matthew Laurance James Handy |
| Theme music composer | Brad Fiedel |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Robert Singer |
| Producer | Richard Di Lello |
| Production locations | New York City Toronto |
| Cinematography | Reginald H. Morris |
| Editors | Terence Anderson Skip Schoolnik |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Production companies | December 3rd Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 7, 1986 (1986-09-07) |
Popeye Doyle is an American 1986 television film starring Ed O'Neill as New York City police detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle. It is a sequel to the feature films The French Connection (1971) and French Connection II (1975), in which Gene Hackman played Doyle; Hackman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The French Connection. Popeye Doyle was originally intended as a pilot episode for a proposed series under that title, but the series was not picked up.
Popeye Doyle is based on a real New York City detective, Eddie Egan, who appears in The French Connection as Walt Simonson, Doyle's supervisor.
Premise
New York City police Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle investigates the case of a murdered model, which leads him on the trail of a gang of terrorists and a drug cartel of international smugglers.
References
- ^ "Popeye Doyle Production Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015.
- ^ Hal Erickson (2015). "Popeye Doyle". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015.
- "Eddie Egan Biography". Yahoo!.
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