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The Laughing Policeman (1973)
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
“This movie is so real it makes every other movie in this town look like a movie.”
Crime, Drama, Thriller · 1h 52m
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.
Cast
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
Crew
- Director
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Screenplay
- Thomas Rickman, Stuart Rosenberg
- Novel
- Per Wahlöö, Maj Sjöwall
- Director of Photography
- David M. Walsh
- Original Music Composer
- Charles Fox
- Editor
- Bob Wyman
- Producer
- Stuart Rosenberg
Details
- Release date
- 1973-12-20
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Budget
- $2,280,000
- Box office
- $1,700,000