
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.
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About The Laughing Policeman
- Directors
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Cast
- Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr., Albert Paulsen, Anthony Zerbe, Val Avery
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Content rating
- R
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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