The French Connection Drugs and Alcohol Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The French Connection.

Quote #1

POPEYE: Stand up there, Noddy.

Like the many other casual nicknames Popeye uses, "Noddy" is being used as a tool of power. Why does it seem to work?

Quote #2

POPEYE: We're gonna keep coming back until we clean this bar up. What is this, a hospital here?

The syringes Popeye is picking up here represent something more dangerous than bullets when it comes to being a cop. (Even before AIDS, Hepatitis C and other blood-borne diseases were an issue.)

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Quote #3

UNDERCOVER COP: There's been talk there's going to be a shipment—everybody's gonna get well.

It's totally interesting that in street slang, "getting well" means "having access to heroin so as not to suffer the symptoms of withdrawal."