---
title: 'The Laughing Policeman (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stuart Rosenberg'
released: '1973-12-20'
runtime_minutes: 112
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-laughing-policeman-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070292/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Laughing Policeman (1973)

1973 · R · 112 min · Crime, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

The Laughing Policeman 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Stuart Rosenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-rosenberg)
- **Producer:** [Stuart Rosenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-rosenberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Thomas Rickman](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-rickman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Charles Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-fox)
- **Director of Photography:** [David M. Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-m-walsh)
- **Editor:** [Bob Wyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-wyman)

## Cast

- [Clifton James](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifton-james)
- [Joanna Cassidy](https://cinepixo.com/people/joanna-cassidy)
- [Walter Matthau](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-matthau)
- [Frances Lee McCain](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-lee-mccain)
- [Louis Gossett Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-gossett-jr)
- [Matt Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-clark)
- [Sacheen Littlefeather](https://cinepixo.com/people/sacheen-littlefeather)
- [Anthony Zerbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-zerbe)
- [Gregory Sierra](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-sierra)
- [Val Avery](https://cinepixo.com/people/val-avery)
- [Cathy Lee Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/cathy-lee-crosby)
- [Albert Paulsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-paulsen)
- [Paul Koslo](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-koslo)
- [Warren Finnerty](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-finnerty)
- [Bruce Dern](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-dern)

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