The Laughing Policeman

Based On the book by Sjöwall and Wahlöö

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 is directed by Stuart Rosenberg and features Walter Matthau as Detective Jake Martin.

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Release date:

December 20, 1973

Director:

Stuart Rosenberg

Cast:

Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr., Anthony Zerbe, Albert Paulsen

Genre:

Crime, Thriller

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1973 in adaptations