Quotes from the Movie The French Connection

All right, Popeye's here! Get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall!

Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle

All right! You put a shiv in my partner. Y ou know what that means? Goddammit! All winter long I got to listen to him gripe about his bowling scores. Now I'm gonna bust your ass for those three bags and I'm gonna nail you for picking your feet in Poughkeepsie.

Detective Jimmy

Never trust a nigger.

Detective Jimmy

Never trust anyone!

Detective Jimmy

Look, I say we keep sitting on Boca!

Detective Jimmy (Popeye) Doyle

Listen, I know the deal hasn't gone down yet. I know it! I can feel it, I'm dead certain.

Detective Jimmy (Popeye) Doyle

This is Doyle. I'm sittin' on Frog One.

Detective Jimmy (Popeye) Doyle

The Westbury my ass! I got him on the shuttle at Grand Central, now what the hell's going on up there?

Detective Jimmy (Popeye) Doyle

How the hell was I supposed to know he had a knife.

Detective Buddy (Cloudy) Russo

He could have been white.

Detective Buddy (Cloudy) Russo

Shove it up your ass.

Detective Buddy (Cloudy) Russo

Buddy, here's the warrant. The court order's in there for the wiretap, the judge gave you 60 days on it. Tell Doyle that Mulderig and Klein will sit in for the Feds. They'll make all the buys. Be sure you keep them informed of everything that goes down. [to Mulderig] You know Doyle, don't you, Bill?

Walt Simonson

Hey Bill, look, do me a favor, give him a chance. He came in here with a little piece of information. I know you worked with him before and had a little trouble but don't get off on the wrong foot, if you have problems, come to me with them, I'll handle it.

Walt Simonson

Just cool it with him. If you have any problems, come to me, I'll handle it. Do me this favor.

Walt Simonson

Okay, he's a good cop, he's basically a good cop, he's got good hunches every once in awhile.

Walt Simonson