Selected Eddie Egan film and TV show credits:
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Edward Walter "Eddie" Egan (January 3, 1930, New York City November 4, 1995, Miami, Florida) was a New York City Police Department detective whose exploits were the subject of a book and movie, both entitled The French Connection. His partner, Sonny Grosso, and other New York City Police Department detectives, broke up an organized crime ring in 1961, and seized 112 pounds of heroin; a record amount at the time. The investigation was the subject of a book by Robin Moore and the subsequent motion picture released in 1971.