| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: December 20, 1973 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
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Positive:
5
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews
Don't let the pre-title violence throw you; The Laughing Policeman stands as a solid, rewarding detective story. [24 Dec 1973, p.69]
A fine, sharp movie nonetheless, "The Laughing Policeman" is the raunchiest--and no doubt the best--floor show in town. [31 Jan 1974, p.79]
Adapted from one of the intricately plotted, well-characterized Martin Beck policiers by the Swedish team of Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall, it loses a great deal in the translation from Stockholm to San Francisco's Dirty Harry country. Gloomy authenticity, for one thing; pace and a genuine sense of puzzlement, for others.
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Standard gory imitation of Dirty Harry, The French Connection, and Bullitt.
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