The Laughing Policeman (1973)
This movie is so real it makes every other movie in this town look like a movie.
112 min
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.
- Release date
- December 20, 1973
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $2,280,000
- Box office
- $1,700,000
Trailer
Cast
- Walter Matthau as Jake Martin
- Bruce Dern as Larsen
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Larrimore
- Albert Paulsen as Camerero
- Anthony Zerbe as Steiner
- Val Avery as Pappas
- Cathy Lee Crosby as Kay
- Mario Gallo as Bobby Mow
- Joanna Cassidy as Monica
- Shirley Ballard as Grace
Crew
- Stuart Rosenberg · Director
- Thomas Rickman · Writer
- Per Wahlöö · Writer
- Maj Sjöwall · Writer
- Stuart Rosenberg · Producer
- Charles Fox · Composer
- David M. Walsh · Cinematographer
- Bob Wyman · Editor
- Joyce Selznick · Casting director