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The Laughing Policeman(Movie, 1973)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 52min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Laughing PolicemanRating: 3.1/5 (with 2323 votes)
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. It was directed by Stuart Rosenberg and features Walter Matthau as Detective Jake Martin. ()
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About The Laughing Policeman

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on: "The Laughing Policeman" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 15 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 03/22/1974 (World premiere: 12/20/1973)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Matança em San Francisco"
"San Francisco, ciudad desnuda"
"Le flic ricanant"
"An Investigation of Murder"
"L'ispettore Martin ha teso la trappola"
"De Negende Passagier"

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