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Doyle is bad news—but a good cop.
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Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
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Directed by: William Friedkin, Owen Roizman, William C. Gerrity
Produced by: Philip D'Antoni, G. David Schine, Kenneth Utt
Composed by: Don Ellis
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