Movie highlights of the week

{ "#" : "Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider play a pair of hard-boiled (aren't they all?) New York cops on the trail of a heroin smuggler." , "b" : "The French Connection:"}

Directed with flair and zest by William Friedkin, the film features some superb chase sequences. One of the great thrillers of the 1970s.

(1971)

{ "cite" : "Sunday, 11.35pm, BBC1."}

{ "#" : "A surprisingly late showing for this excellent teen ...