''Popeye Doyle'' is an American 1986 television film starring

Ed O'Neill Edward Leonard O'Neill (born April 12, 1946) is an American actor and comedian. His roles include Al Bundy on the Fox Network sitcom '' Married... with Children'', for which he was nominated for two Golden Globes, and Jay Pritchett on the a ...

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police detective

Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle is a fictional character portrayed by actor Gene Hackman in the films '' The French Connection'' (1971) and its sequel, '' French Connection II'' (1975), and by Ed O'Neill in the 1986 television film ''Popeye Doyle' ...

. The film is a sequel to the feature films '' The French Connection'' (1971) and '' French Connection II'' (1975), in which Doyle had been played by Gene Hackman; Hackman had won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''The French Connection''. ''Popeye Doyle'' was originally intended as a pilot episode for a series called ''Popeye Doyle'', but the series was not picked up. The character of Popeye Doyle is based on a real-life New York City police detective,

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, who had appeared in ''The French Connection'' as Walt Simonson, Doyle's supervisor.

Premise

New York City police Detective

investigates the case of a murdered model, which leads him on the trail of a gang of

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and a

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of international smugglers.

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* Films about the French Connection 1986 television films 1980s English-language films 1986 films NBC network original films American detective films American crime films 1980s crime films Films about terrorism in the United States Films scored by Brad Fiedel Television films as pilots Television pilots not picked up as a series Films directed by Peter Levin 1980s American films {{1980s-crime-film-stub