Popeye Doyle is an American 1986 television film starring Ed O'Neill as New York City police detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle.[2] The film is a sequel to the feature films The French Connection (1971) and French Connection II (1975), in which Doyle had been played by Gene Hackman; Hackman had won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The French Connection.[2] Popeye Doyle was originally intended as a pilot episode for a series called Popeye Doyle, but the series was not picked up.
The character of Popeye Doyle is based on a real-life New York City police detective, Eddie Egan, who had appeared in The French Connection as Walt Simonson, Doyle's supervisor.[3]
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
- ^ a b "Popeye Doyle Production Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015.
- ^ a b 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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