The Laughing Policeman (1973) ( An Investigation of a Murder )

The Laughing Policeman (1973) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Alternate Title: An Investigation of a Murder
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1973 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Stuart Rosenberg

Written By:
Thomas Rickman
Per Wahlöö

Actors:
Walter Matthau ..... Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD
Bruce Dern ..... Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD
Louis Gossett Jr. ..... Insp. James Larrimore SFPD
Albert Paulsen ..... Henry Camerero
Anthony Zerbe ..... Lt. Nat Steiner SFPD
Val Avery ..... Insp. John Pappas SFPD
Cathy Lee Crosby ..... Kay Butler
Mario Gallo ..... Bobby Mow, Snitch
Joanna Cassidy ..... Monica, Beth's Roomate
Shirley Ballard ..... Grace Martin
William Hansen ..... Mr. Schwermer, Bus Vicitm
Jonas Wolfe ..... Det. Mike Collins
Paul Koslo ..... Duane Haygood, Drug Pusher
Louis Guss ..... Gus Niles / Andrew Medford - Bus Victim
Frances Lee McCain ..... Prostitute

Synopsis:

An off-duty policeman is among the victims of a massacre on a town bus in San Francisco, and unearthing the person responsible becomes the task of SFPD Lieutenant Jake Martin, his parter Leo Larsen, and a squad of department detectives, who work to learn the identities of the varied victims in the hope that it will lead to clues to the killer. The investigation, however, repeatedly leads to dead ends, until the death of a young woman involved with one of the victims, Gus Niles, unearths a partnership between Niles and another man who has been investigated in the past. Martin, with the reluctant help of Leo Larsen, decides to smoke out the bus killer, a move that leaves him in danger when the killer has another bus in the sights of his sub-machine gun.

A policeman is among the victims when the passengers of a late-night bus are machine-gunned. With only one semi- conscious survivor and no other witnesses, the detectives try to learn from the identities of the dead why this happened and who the killer could be. Climax includes excellent chase.

In San Francisco, one victim in a mass murder is a police detective. His partner and a new partner investigate in the city's seamy side.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 08 January, 2016.