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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.
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.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Stuart Rosenberg
- 1974-01-23
Walter Matthau and Bruce Dern star as detectives investigating a bus shooting in this taut and off-key police movie. Roger Ebert praises the authenticity, the pace and the performances of the film, and compares it to a Ross Macdonald novel.
When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans (Anthony Costello) is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner ...
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- Stuart Rosenberg
- R
- Walter Matthau
A policeman is among the victims when the passengers of a late-night bus are machine-gunned. With only one semi- conscious survivor and no other witnesses, the detectives try to learn from the identities of the dead why this happened and who the killer could be.
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Val Avery
Oct 30, 2018 · The Laughing Policeman (1973) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. Starring Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr and Albert Paulsen.
- 4 min
- 33.3K
- HD Retro Trailers
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In San Francisco, eight passengers and the driver of a bus are killed by a passenger with machine gun. Police detectives Jake Martin, Leo Larsen and James Larrimore find the body of Martin's partner Dave Evans among the victims.