The Laughing Policeman 1973

Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: 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. Read more

A.H. Weiler, New York Times: Though an essentially familiar amalgam of murder, manhunt and dogged police work in that scenic city, this Policeman stands a good deal taller than the norm because of the expert guidance of Stuart Rosenberg Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The Laughing Policeman is an awfully good police movie: taut, off-key, filled with laconic performances. It provides the special delight we get from gradually unraveling a complicated case. Read more

Chris Petit, Time Out: By the end, complete with car chase and split-second shooting, the film has become indistinguishable from all those movies it's trying so hard to disown. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: After an extremely overdone prolog of violent mass murder on a bus, The Laughing Policeman becomes a handsomely made manhunt actioner. Read more