French Connection II
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French Connection II is a 1975 crime thriller film that continues the story of detective Popeye Doyle as he travels to Marseille to pursue the drug kingpin he failed to catch in the original movie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| French Connection II canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5188188 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French Connection II Context triple: [The French Connection, hasSequel, French Connection II]
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A.
Faisceau
Faisceau was a short-lived French political movement of the 1920s that blended nationalist and corporatist ideas and is often regarded as the first French fascist party.
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B.
La Fabrique
La Fabrique is a contemporary cultural and creative arts hub on the Île de Nantes in France, known for hosting concerts, exhibitions, and innovative artistic projects.
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C.
Homage to the Square
Homage to the Square is a celebrated series of abstract paintings by Josef Albers that systematically explores color relationships through nested squares.
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D.
D’eux
D’eux is a hugely successful French-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, widely regarded as one of the best-selling Francophone albums of all time.
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E.
Frenchman Flat
Frenchman Flat is a dry lake bed in southern Nevada best known as a major nuclear weapons testing site during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French Connection II Target entity description: French Connection II is a 1975 crime thriller film that continues the story of detective Popeye Doyle as he travels to Marseille to pursue the drug kingpin he failed to catch in the original movie.
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A.
Faisceau
Faisceau was a short-lived French political movement of the 1920s that blended nationalist and corporatist ideas and is often regarded as the first French fascist party.
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B.
La Fabrique
La Fabrique is a contemporary cultural and creative arts hub on the Île de Nantes in France, known for hosting concerts, exhibitions, and innovative artistic projects.
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C.
Homage to the Square
Homage to the Square is a celebrated series of abstract paintings by Josef Albers that systematically explores color relationships through nested squares.
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D.
D’eux
D’eux is a hugely successful French-language studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, widely regarded as one of the best-selling Francophone albums of all time.
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E.
Frenchman Flat
Frenchman Flat is a dry lake bed in southern Nevada best known as a major nuclear weapons testing site during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime thriller film
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film ⓘ |
| alsoFeaturesLanguage | French ⓘ |
| antagonist | Alain Charnier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| antagonistActor | Fernando Rey as Alain Charnier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | characters created for The French Connection ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacter | Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Alain Charnier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Claude Renoir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuity | continues the story from The French Connection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | John Frankenheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | 20th Century Fox ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tom Rolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| follows | The French Connection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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police procedural film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
| hasSequel | none ⓘ |
| leadActorPlays | Gene Hackman as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
obsessive pursuit of a criminal
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war on drugs ⓘ |
| musicBy | Don Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of drug addiction and withdrawal ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The French Connection film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | Popeye Doyle travels to Marseille to pursue drug kingpin Alain Charnier ⓘ |
| producer | Robert L. Rosen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1975-05-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 119 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alexander Jacobs
NERFINISHED
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Laurie Dillon NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Dillon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Marseille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| starring |
Bernard Fresson
NERFINISHED
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Catherine Deneuve NERFINISHED ⓘ Fernando Rey NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Hackman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | French Connection II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: French Connection II Description of subject: French Connection II is a 1975 crime thriller film that continues the story of detective Popeye Doyle as he travels to Marseille to pursue the drug kingpin he failed to catch in the original movie.
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