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- 1973
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 52 m
- 1973
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 52 m
Summary 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.
Written By: Thomas Rickman, Per Wahlöö, Maj Sjöwall, Stuart Rosenberg
- 1973
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 52 m
- 1973
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 52 m
The Laughing Policeman
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Summary 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.
Written By: Thomas Rickman, Per Wahlöö, Maj Sjöwall, Stuart Rosenberg
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Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
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44% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
57
56% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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A fine, sharp movie nonetheless, "The Laughing Policeman" is the raunchiest--and no doubt the best--floor show in town. [31 Jan 1974, p.79]
Don't let the pre-title violence throw you; The Laughing Policeman stands as a solid, rewarding detective story. [24 Dec 1973, p.69]
After an extremely overdone prolog of violent mass murder on a bus, The Laughing Policeman becomes a handsomely made manhunt actioner, starring Walter Matthau and Bruce Dern in excellent performances as two San Francisco detectives.
A number of bit performances, including actual police squads and a team of emergency-room doctors, lend vivid local color and authenticity to an engrossing and adult crime caper.
Although an extremely violent movie, THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN benefits from skillful pacing, a literate script, and fine performances by Walter Matthau and Bruce Dern.
Standard gory imitation of Dirty Harry, The French Connection, and Bullitt.
Adapted from one of the intricately plotted, well-characterized Martin Beck policiers by the Swedish team of Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall, it loses a great deal in the translation from Stockholm to San Francisco's Dirty Harry country. Gloomy authenticity, for one thing; pace and a genuine sense of puzzlement, for others.
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