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{{Infobox television
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| show_name = Popeye Doyle
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| creator =
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| writer = [[Richard Di Lello]]<ref name=NY>{{cite web|title=Popeye Doyle Production Credits|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/128262/Popeye-Doyle/credits}}</ref>
| writer = [[Richard DiLello|Richard Di Lello]]<ref name=NY>{{cite web|title=Popeye Doyle Production Credits|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/128262/Popeye-Doyle/credits|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713161910/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/128262/Popeye-Doyle/credits|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2015|archivedate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
| screenplay =
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| story =
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| director = [[Peter Levin]]
| director = [[Peter Levin]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
| starring = [[Ed O'Neill]]<br>[[Candy Clark]]<br>[[Matthew Laurance]]<br>[[James Handy]]
* [[Ed O'Neill]]<br>[[Candy Clark]]<br>[[Matthew Laurance]]<br>[[James Handy]]
}}
| theme_music_composer = [[Brad Fiedel]]<ref name=NY/>
| theme_music_composer = [[Brad Fiedel]]<ref name=NY/>
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
| executive_producer = [[Robert Singer (producer)|Robert Singer]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* Richard Di Lello (producer)
| producer = Richard Di Lello
| location = [[New York City]]<br>[[Toronto]]
* Robert Singer (executive producer)
| editor = Terence Anderson<br>[[Skip Schoolnik]]
}}
| editor =
| cinematography = Reginald H. Morris
| cinematography = Reginald H. Morris
| runtime =
| runtime = 97 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
| company = [[December 3rd Productions]]<br>[[20th Century Fox Television]]
* [[December 3rd Productions]]
* [[20th Century Fox Television]]
}}
| distributor = [[NBC]]
| budget =
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| network = NBC
| network = [[NBC]]
| released = {{start date|1986|9|7}}
| released = {{start date|1986|9|7}}
| website =
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'''''Popeye Doyle''''' is an American 1986 television film starring [[Ed O'Neill]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Popeye Doyle|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/128262/Popeye-Doyle/overview}}</ref>
'''''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.


It was based on the character actor [[Gene Hackman]] won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his performance in film ''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]''.<ref name=NYT/> The character is based on a real-life [[New York City]] [[Detective|police detective]], [[Eddie Egan]], who also appeared in ''The French Connection'' as Walt Simonson, Popeye'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==
==Premise==
New York police Detective Popeye Doyle investigates 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==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb title|0091780}}
* {{IMDb title|0091780}}
* {{AllMovie title|m1071575|Popeye Doyle}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|popeye-doyle|Popeye Doyle}}

{{The French Connection}}
{{Peter Levin}}


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Popeye Doyle
Genre
  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller
Written byRichard Di Lello[1]
Directed byPeter Levin
StarringEd O'Neill
Candy Clark
Matthew Laurance
James Handy
Theme music composerBrad Fiedel[1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerRobert Singer
ProducerRichard Di Lello
Production locationsNew York City
Toronto
CinematographyReginald H. Morris
EditorsTerence Anderson
Skip Schoolnik
Running time97 minutes
Production companiesDecember 3rd Productions
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 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.[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

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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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  1. ^ a b "Popeye Doyle Production Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015.
  2. ^ a b 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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