For a while there, before
The Exorcist and
Sorcerer, William Friedkin looked like a first-rate commercial director, and this 1971 thriller about a heroin bust is solid, slick filmmaking, full of dirty cops, shrewd operators, and slam-bang action. Friedkin's close study of Raoul Walsh pays off in the justly celebrated chase sequence. With Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, and Tony LoBianco. R, 104 min.
By
Dave Kehr
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