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The Laughing Policeman

Walter Matthau (Actor), Bruce Dern (Actor), Stuart Rosenberg (Director) Rated:

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Genre	Drama
Format	Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Contributor	Bruce Dern, William Hansen, Cathy Lee Crosby, Walter Matthau, Anthony Zerbe, Val Avery, Mario Gallo, Albert Paulsen, Thomas Rickman, Joanna Cassidy, Stuart Rosenberg, Maj Sjwall, Per Wahl, Shirley Ballard, Jonas Wolfe, Louis Gossett Jr. See more
Language	English, French, Spanish
Runtime	1 hour and 52 minutes

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Two San Francisco detectives clash while trying to solve a mass murder of bus passengers.

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 4 ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 2223102
Director ‏ : ‎ Stuart Rosenberg
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 52 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ February 1, 2005
Actors ‏ : ‎ Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr., Albert Paulsen, Anthony Zerbe
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish
Studio ‏ : ‎ 20th Century Fox
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0006HBZBK
Writers ‏ : ‎ Maj Sjwall, Per Wahl, Thomas Rickman
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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JOE S HILL

NOBODY IS LAUGHING AT THIS POLICEMAN!

Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2020

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20th Century Fox's "THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN" (1973) was a grand crime-drama for Walter Matthau, almost rivaling another San Francisco cop, Dirty Harry, but keeping on a focused story about a deranged mass-murderer shooter who leaves his handy work on a city bus filled with bullet-ridden corpses! with a cast headed by Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr, and Cathy Lee Crosby, one year before her debut as "Wonder Woman" on ABC Movie Of The Week in March 1974 gave "THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN" one of the most strongest and violent crime dramas in 70s cinema, but one year before the United Artists/Palomar Pictures release, "THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3" that Matthau also starred in, that was an even bigger and higher hit! no laughter in this movie, but strong violence that is not for the faint of heart! look for appearances by Anthony Zerbe ("THE OMEGA MAN") and Joanna Cassidy ("BLADE RUNNER") which also co-star in this Stuart Rosenberg directed thriller, along with noted character actor Albert Paulsen ("THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE") as the mass shooter. I rated this 1973 movie five-stars for its gritty, no-nonsense realism in movie crime dramas, and a change of venue for Walter Matthau, after "CHARLEY VERRICK" ( 1973)

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Vance

Decent quality DVD

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2023

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I had hoped the DVD had subtitles since I have a hearing problem. I could not tell if it did, but I have not seen the film in years and wanted to watch it again and add it to my collection. It does not have captions and that is OK. The quality of the image is very good. There are a few points in the film where screen freezes, then jitters, and finally continues. Not a big deal and it may be my equipment; I have no way of knowing what causes this.

Far more interesting to me is that I liked this movie years ago and now it seems very dated, clumsy in the dialogue, and Jake Martin, the main character, is very different from the detective in the novel. This has nothing to do with the seller, but is a comment on how the movie was produced and directed. I read, and still have, all of the Martin Beck novels, and this one is a very good book. For some reason, the screenwriter decided to make the protagonist a weak person. Both Walter Matthau and Bruce Dern play terribly flawed men who are bumbling idiots more than being serious detectives.

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Nice cop film with Mathau and Dern, directed by Stuart Rosenberg.

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2020

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I had seen this film in the theaters when it came out and always tried to see it when it was on tv. Mathau and Dern are two cops on a murder case and it was fine film. I always looked for movies directed by Stuart Rosenberg after I saw Cool Hand Luke and this is one of the many of his films which I own. Quick delivery and no defects with the dvd. Very satisfied.

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John

Gritty realism and a look into police procedure in the early '70s.

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2021

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This is a great movie has a gritty feel to it and demonstrates police procedure during the early 1970s. The only drawback is the lack of closed-caption, otherwise a superb movie.

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San Francisco Police Movie Classic

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2017

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Excellent movie protraying San Francisco and it's police department members. A lot of scenes were filmed on location on SF's gritty streets. Quite a few extras in the movie were actually working SF police officers. It is a great movie to see what SF and it's police department was like in the late 1960s.

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Another early 70's dramatic role from Walter Matthau.

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2018

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BOTTOM LINE: Movie has its fans, but for my money, if you want to see comedy legend Walter Matthau in a dramatic role then pick up THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 or the equally superior CHARLIE VARRICK. Both are worlds above this pedestrian effort. Nice hi-def transfer.

THOUGHTS: I wanted to like this flick as I am a lifelong fan of the lovable, irascible, eternally frumpy, often grumpy Walter Matthau, whether he's playing it straight or yucking it up. I didn't hate it, but in the end I just couldn't get into this film. Not sure why. I much prefer PELHAM and CHARLIE VARRICK - both made around the same time - but that's just me. To each his own. Cast is good and the film is well made; just wasn't my cup of tea. And if you’ve never seen Matthau in a non-comedy role don’t worry, he’s terrific. He's no Clint Eastwood, but Matthau can be a nail-biting SOB with the best of them. I’m actually surprised that he didn’t do more drama. He's quite good here. I suppose he was more or less typecast and eventually just gave in, sticking with comedy for the rest of his career since it was what he was best known for by most audiences.

THE BLU-RAY: A solid transfer from Kino Lorber. Not sure what some folks are grumbling about. The picture is decent, with proper grain and clean-looking for the most part, while the soundtrack is level and clear, devoid of static, hissing or other audio defects. No bonus content, which is another strike against buying this, but is typical of most K-L releases.

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Captain McGlue

Walter Matthau! Bruce Darn! Crime film! What do you need, a road map?

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2022

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And it was made in 1973, so you know exactly what kind of cynical cop film set in noir city (San Francisco) you're going to get.

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ROLAND FAY

Excellent movie from 1973

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2021

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All good actors

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Un clásico

Reviewed in Spain on July 3, 2023

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Para mi un genial clásico del género negro-policíaco de los 70's. Tenía muchas ganas de ver el final de la historia desde mi adolescencia en los 80's pues solo pude verla a medias y no me decepcionó. Hoy en día sería políticamente incorrecta pero la trama y estos actorazos para mi merecen sobradamente la pena.

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Bwod

Very dark police procedural.

Reviewed in Canada on August 4, 2020

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Walter Matthau plays a prickly, older, veteran detective who has to solve a most incomprehensible mass murder on a bus. There is nothing funny here at all. But it is an interesting vignette of 1960's/1970's San Francisco. Worth a look.

b griffin

Good item

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2013

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perfect condition excellent story brilliant cast it is as an ageless storyline well directed a-any one who likes police thrillers will like this

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rocko

Bon polar bien poisseux.

Reviewed in France on February 22, 2013

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Excellent film de STUART ROSENBERG avec WALTER MATTHAU (qui a fait tourné à la même époque dans deux autres excellent polars "CHARLEY VARRICK" et "THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123"), BRUCE DERN, LOU GOSSETT et d'autres. Une bonne petite enquête sur un un meurtre de masse exécuté dans un bus de frisco. Le film est tiré (et transposé aux states) d'un (excellent) roman de MAJ SJOWALL et PER WAHLOO (mari et femme dans la vie et suédois) publié en 1968 (il y en a dix dans la série et ils sont tous excellent, je les ai tous lu il y a pas mal de temps quand ils étaient publiés par 10/18 (je sais ça fait beaucoup "d'excellent" mais il faut dire ce qui est). Ils ont été publié entre 1965 et 1975, date de la mort de WAHLOO, à lire absolument si on aime le polar). D'autres adaptations de leurs romans sont "un flic sur le toit" de BO WIDERBERG et la série sur l'inspecteur BECK diffusé sur canal il y a...quelques années.

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Captain Retro

Leider nicht in deutscher Synchro erhältlich...

Reviewed in Germany on November 4, 2010

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Unverständlich, daß es diesen Film nicht in einer deutschen Variante gibt.
Er hätte es verdient.
Tolle Darsteller(Walther Matthau!),
Drehbuch nach starker Vorlage, gute Umsetzung des Stoffs.
Für mich als "Normalverbraucher" ist die Bildqualität noch ausreichend,
die DVD-Version wurde wohl schon vor etlichen Jahren veröffentlicht.
Keine wesentlichen Extras vorhanden.
Dennoch: "Daumen hoch",
ich war froh diesen Film wenigstens im Original zu bekommen.

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