The Laughing Policeman
“This movie is so real it makes every other movie in this town look like a movie.”
Stuart RosenbergCast
Walter Matthau 
Bruce Dern 
Louis Gossett Jr. 
Albert Paulsen 
Anthony Zerbe 
Val Avery
Credits
Written by: Thomas Rickman
Plot
When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case.
Sinekatalog’s take
Stuart Rosenberg's cop thriller, with Walter Matthau and Bruce Dern, is gritty and downbeat.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (3,827 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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