Doris"" black housemaid Cleo (Theresa Harris) had given permission for Susan to view the parade from his "50 yard-line" vantage point.The film inspired a complementary sequel four years later -French Connection II (1975), directed by John Frankenheimer.While Deputy Neale stepped off the porch and took a smoke break outside the Brackett home, he was garrotted from behind and his neck was broken by Michael(# 15 death).It took 8 months to build (rather than two months).The two bridges were actually used until they were destroyed wo years after their construction by Allied bombings - in late June, 1945.As Senator Iselin is leaving the scene of pandemonium, he amends his calculation and states that there are 104 "card-carrying Communists in the Defense Department," then 275 - he cannot even remember exactly how many Commies are on his list.