The film inspired a complementary sequel four years later -French Connection II (1975), directed by John Frankenheimer.When she was revived, she asked: "Where is he?" She insisted the man in the lake wasn""t her father -- although Dr.Meanwhile, Max Dillon emerged onto a dark one-way street and immediately set off the horns and car alarms of parked vehicles.His delightfully inventive, and ribald script with fast-paced witty dialogue, delivered mostly by a saucy woman, was taken from the short storyTwo Bad Hatsby English playwright Monckton Hoffe.[Note: It was the first full-length feature made at Paramount""s Long Island studio.]This great Bette Davis/Warner Bros picture about a decade later, positioned between the star""sAll This, and Heaven Too (1940)andThe Great Lie (1941), was nominated for a total of seven nominations (with no wins): Best Picture, Best Actress (Bette Davis - her fourth nomination), Best Supporting Actor (James Stephenson), Best Director, Best B/W Cinematography (Gaetano Gaudio), Best Original Score (Max Steiner), and Best Film Editing.