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The Laughing Policeman
This movie is so real it makes every other movie in this town look like a movie.
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.
- Original title
- The Laughing Policeman
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $2,280,000
- Revenue
- $1,700,000
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Jan 18, 2016 · via TMDB
From the early-70's zenith of crime and police-centered films, 'The Laughing Policeman' deserves credit, respect and recognition as a fine, gritty, accurate work that shows the way real officers interact and go through their work-days and solve crimes. Walter Matthau, mostly known for his astute comedic touch, is excellent, as is Bruce Dern, who's promoted to an uneasy partnership with Matthau, when the latter's partner, who was on vacation yet took an unsolved case home with him, is at the wrong place at the wrong time, part of a brutal mass murder on board a bus. The well-directed script shows how alienated a good policeman is from his family, how hated he is by most of the community, and the blind alleys and dead ends he has to go through in order to solve the case, and have it hold up in a court of law. It's 'Dirty Harry' or the 'French Connection' films done honestly, not as a fever dream of wish fulfillment from the policeman's perspective (though I must admit I love those too!)...
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Walter Matthau
Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD
Bruce Dern
Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
Louis Gossett Jr.
Insp. James Larrimore SFPD
Albert Paulsen
Henry Camerero
Anthony Zerbe
Lt. Nat Steiner SFPD
Val Avery
Insp. John Pappas SFPD
Cathy Lee Crosby
Kay Butler
Mario Gallo
Bobby Mow, Snitch
Joanna Cassidy
Monica, Beth's Roomate
Frances Lee McCain
Prostitute
Clifton James
Officer Jim Maloney SFPD Bomb Squad
Paul Koslo
Duane Haygood
Matt Clark
Coronor
William Hansen
Mr. Schwermer, Bus Vicitm
Shirley Ballard
Grace Martin
Elaine Collins
Go-Go Dancer
Don Borisenko
Collins
Clifton James
Maloney
Gregory Sierra
Vickery
Warren Finnerty
Ripple
Matt Clark
Coroner
Anthony Costello
Dave Evans
Wayne Grace
Inspector Tom Brennan
James V. Christy
Avakian
Lavelle Roby
Receptionist
Carl Franklin
Man on Bus
Stuart Rosenberg
Director
Stuart Rosenberg
Producer
Charles Fox
Original Music Composer
Maj Sjöwall
Novel
Per Wahlöö
Novel
Stuart Rosenberg
Screenplay
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Reservoir Dogs
Dial M for Murder
Casino
Rocco and His Brothers
This Is Your Song
Fail Safe
Absolut
Die Hard
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
The Birds
The Conversation
Dolls
Rabid Dogs
Dirty Harry
The Man Who Knew Too Much
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Scarface
The Long Goodbye
Dead Man
Blood and Black Lace
Monster
2046
The China Syndrome
Marnie
Bullitt
The Getaway
Frenzy
Wild at Heart
The Towering Inferno
Tan-Badan
Azumi
Little Caesar
Four Brothers
Tough Enough
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The Return
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Dec 20, 1973
