Flashback: <em>The French Connection</em>
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<p>"Celebrity policeman Edward Egan, whose life the movie French Connection is based, at home." 1971.</p>
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<p>"Policeman Eddie Egan interrogating suspect." 1971.</p>
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<p>"Police officer/actor Eddie Egan poised on street, smoking cigarette, detective of 1962 <em>French Connection</em> heroin bust fame, cast opposite Gene Hackman in 1971 eponymous film."</p>
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<p>"Policeman Eddie Egan attaching pistol to ankle in home." 1971.</p>
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<p>Detective Eddie Egan outside police precinct with some local kids. 1971.</p>
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<p>Gene Hackman in The French Connection.</p>
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