"Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation."
Gene Hackman
as Jimmy Doyle
Roy Scheider
as Buddy Russo
Fernando Rey
as Alain Charnier
Tony Lo Bianco
as Sal Boca
Marcel Bozzuffi
as Pierre Nicoli
Frédéric de Pasquale
as Devereaux
Bill Hickman
as Mulderig
Ann Rebbot
as Marie Charnier
Harold Gary
as Weinstock
Arlene Farber
as Angie Boca
Eddie Egan
as Simonson
André Ernotte
as La Valle
Sonny Grosso
as Klein
Benny Marino
as Lou Boca
Patrick McDermott
as Chemist
Alan Weeks
as Pusher
Al Fann
as Informant
Irving Abrahams
as Police Mechanic
Randy Jurgensen
as Police Sergeant
William Coke
as Motorman
Charles McGregor
as "Baldy" (uncredited)
Ernest Tidyman
Screenplay
William Friedkin
Director
Owen Roizman
Director of Photography
Philip D'Antoni
Producer
Edward Garzero
Set Decoration
Gerald B. Greenberg
Editor
Ben Kasazkow
Art Direction
William C. Gerrity
Assistant Director
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
G. David Schine
Executive Producer
Terence A. Donnelly
Stunt Coordinator
Kenneth Utt
Associate Producer
Nicholas Sgarro
Script Supervisor
Joseph Fretwell III
Costume Design
Sass Bedig
Special Effects
Robin Moore
Book
Theodore Soderberg
Sound
Chris Newman
Paul Ganapoler
Unit Production Manager
Robert Weiner
Casting
Technical Advisor
Fred J. Lincoln
Stunts
Joe Pronto
George Fisher
Carey Loftin
Stunt Driver
Joe Finnegan
Alex Stevens
Jerry Summers
Harry Daley
Stunt Double
Cliff Cudney
Hal Needham
Norman Gay
Associate Editor
Florence Foy
Wardrobe Supervisor
Fat Thomas
Other
Enrique Bravo
Camera Operator
Joseph W. Dehn
Don Ellis
Conductor
Original Music Composer
Robert Ward
Key Grip
William Ward
Electrician
Thomas Wright
Property Master