Its a good character study, and is undoubtedly well-acted throughout, too.

Its a slick and well-oiled kind of film, doing exactly what it needs toin a refreshingly unpretentious manner.

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The Split - 1968

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Gene Hackman as Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle, running through the street in The French Connection

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Ensemble cast of a A Bridge Too Far standing over a map discussing strategy

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Prime Cut - 1972

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Gene Hackman as Max hitchhiking in Scarecrow

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Gene Hackman as John Herod pointing two guns at offscreen targets in The Quick and the Dead

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Robert Redford and Gene Hackman in the middle of a conversation in Downhill Racer

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Danny DeVito in ‘Heist’

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I Never Sang for My Father - 1970

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Absolute Power