| Gene Hackman |
Detective Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle |
| Fernando Rey |
Alain Charnier |
| Roy Scheider |
Detective Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo |
| Tony Lo Bianco |
Sal Boca |
| Marcel Bozzuffi |
Pierre Nicoli, Charnier's Hit Man |
| Frédéric de Pasquale |
Henri Devereau, Charnier's French TV Star Accomplice |
| Bill Hickman |
Bill Mulderig, Federal Officer Narcotics Bureau |
| Ann Rebbot |
Mrs. Marie Charnier |
| Harold Gary |
Joel Weinstock, Money laundering & Narcotics broker |
| Arlene Farber |
Angie Boca, Sal Boca's wife |
A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.