Popeye Doyle (film)

*Popeye Doyle*
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
Producers	Richard Di Lello (producer); Robert Singer (executive producer);
Cinematography	Reginald H. Morris
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.^[2]

It was based on the character actor Gene Hackman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in film The French Connection.^[2] The character is based on a real-life New York City police detective, Eddie Egan, who also appeared in The French Connection as Walt Simonson, Popeye's supervisor.^[3]

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.

References

^ ^a ^b "Popeye Doyle Production Credits". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b "Popeye Doyle". The New York Times.
^ "Eddie Egan Biography". Yahoo!.

External links

Popeye Doyle at IMDb

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[NY-1] "Popeye Doyle Production Credits". The New York Times.

[NYT-2] "Popeye Doyle". The New York Times.

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

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