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Popeye Doyle
Genre	Mystery; Crime; Drama; Thriller;
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

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Popeye Doyle is an American 1986 television film starring Ed O'Neill as New York City police detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle.^[2] 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.^[2] 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.^[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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[NY-1] "Popeye Doyle Production Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015.

[NYT-2] Hal Erickson (2015). "Popeye Doyle". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015.

[3] "Eddie Egan Biography". Yahoo!.

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-'''''Popeye Doyle''''' is an American 1986 television film starring [[Ed O'Neill]] as [[New York City]] police [[detective]] [[Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|title=Popeye Doyle|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723000047/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/128262/Popeye-Doyle/overview|archivedate=July 23, 2015|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|author=Hal Erickson|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/128262/Popeye-Doyle/overview}}</ref> The film is a sequel to the feature films ''[[The French Connection (film)|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''.<ref name=NYT/> ''Popeye Doyle'' was originally intended as a [[television pilot|pilot episode]] for a series called ''Popeye Doyle'', but the series was not picked up.
+'''''Popeye Doyle''''' is an American 1986 television film starring [[Ed O'Neill]] as [[New York City]] police [[detective]] [[Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|title=Popeye Doyle|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723000047/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/128262/Popeye-Doyle/overview|archivedate=July 23, 2015|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Hal Erickson|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/128262/Popeye-Doyle/overview}}</ref> It is a sequel to the feature films ''[[The French Connection (film)|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''.<ref name=NYT/> ''Popeye Doyle'' was originally intended as a [[television pilot|pilot episode]] for a proposed series under that title, 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.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Yahoo!]]|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800031318/bio|title=Eddie Egan Biography}}</ref>
+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.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Yahoo!]]|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800031318/bio|title=Eddie Egan Biography}}</ref>
 ==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.
+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==
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+* {{AllMovie title|m1071575|Popeye Doyle}}
+* {{rotten-tomatoes|popeye-doyle|Popeye Doyle}}
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 {{Peter Levin}}
+[[Category:Films about the French Connection]]
 [[Category:1986 television films]]
 [[Category:1980s English-language films]]
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+[[Category:NBC original films]]
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+[[Category:American mystery television films]]
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Books	The French Connection (1969)
Films	The French Connection (1971) French Connection II (1975) Popeye Doyle (1986)
Characters	Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
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