| Popeye Doyle | |
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| Genre |
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| Written by | Richard Di Lello[1] |
| Directed by | Peter Levin |
| Starring | Ed O'Neill Candy Clark Matthew Laurance James Handy |
| Theme music composer | Brad Fiedel[1] |
| 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 |
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]
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.
