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    The Laughing Policeman

    R1974 · Crime drama · 1h 51m

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  1. The Laughing Policeman (released in the UK as An Investigation of Murder) is a 1973 American neo-noir thriller film loosely based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The setting of the story is transplanted from Stockholm to San Francisco.

  2. Jan 23, 1974 · The Laughing Policeman: Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr., Albert Paulsen. In San Francisco, California, one victim in a mass murder is a police detective. His partner and a new partner investigate in the city's seamy side.

    • (3.2K)
    • Crime, Drama, Thriller
    • Stuart Rosenberg
    • 1974-01-23
  3. "The Laughing Policeman" is an awfully good police movie: taut, off-key, filled with laconic performances. It provides the special delight we get from gradually unraveling a complicated case. It's almost the kind of movie, indeed, to blast loose a detective-novel fan from Ross Macdonald.

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  5. 56% Tomatometer 16 Reviews. Rotten audience score. 48% Audience Score 500+ Ratings. When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans (Anthony Costello) is ...

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    • Stuart Rosenberg
    • R
    • Walter Matthau
  6. The Laughing Policeman (released in the UK as An Investigation of Murder) is a 1973 American neo-noir thriller film loosely based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The setting of the story is transplanted from Stockholm to San Francisco.

    • 115 min
  7. Two San Francisco cops hunt down a deranged killer who randomly murdered a group of innocent people on a city bus.

  8. Overview. When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case. Stuart Rosenberg. Director, Screenplay. Maj Sjöwall. Novel. Per Wahlöö. Novel. Thomas Rickman. Screenplay

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