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Director:
Writers:
Maj Sjöwall (novel)
Per Wahlöö (novel)
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Release Date:
April 1977 (USA) more
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Plot:
The police lieutenant Nyman is murdered in his hospital bed and Martin Beck and his colleagues have another murder to solve... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins more
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One of the best Action/Crime films ever made!!! more (18 total)

Cast

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Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt ... Martin Beck (as Carl Gustaf Lindstedt)
Sven Wollter ... Lennart Kollberg
Thomas Hellberg ... Gunvald Larsson
Håkan Serner ... Einar Rönn
Ingvar Hirdwall ... Åke Eriksson (as Ingvar Hirdvall)
Bellan Roos ... Mrs. Eriksson
Gus Dahlström ... Mr. Eriksson

Harald Hamrell ... Stefan Nyman
Birgitta Valberg ... Mrs. Nyman
Carl-Axel Heiknert ... Palmon Harald Hult (as Carl Axel Heiknert)
Torgny Anderberg ... Malm
Folke Hjort ... Melander
Eva Remaeus ... Mrs. Kollberg
Gunnel Wadner ... Mrs. Beck
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Man on the Roof (USA)
The Man on the Roof (UK)
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Runtime:
110 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Bo Widerberg choose actor Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt - one of Sweden's most beloved comedians at the time - to play the dramatic lead after seeing Lindstedt as a guest in a talk show looking serious, not realizing he was on the air. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The Police bus that has the front window shot out and then crashes has the same registration number as the bus used to transport the lead characters out of the crowded city square later in the movie. more
Quotes:
Policeman throwing up at hospital: Sorry
Einar Rönn: That's ok. It can happen to the best of us.
Policeman throwing up at hospital: Is it always like this?
Einar Rönn: Seriously; I've been a policeman for twenty years, and i never seen anything like this...
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Soundtrack:
Fjällbruden more

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One of the best Action/Crime films ever made!!!, 3 January 2002
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Author: anton-6 from sweden

WOW!!! Before I saw this I was not expecting it to be so very good(just another cop-drama)but what i got was a masterpiece.Wideberg is not so famous international but in Sweden he counts as one of the best directors ever.First of all I would to say that technical this film is perfect.All the way from the masterful start to the un expected ending.

But not only that,the characters in this film are fantastic.And the acting is superb.It´s also famous because of it was the first real Action/crime film in Sweden and I still think that it is the best.A perfect film:Both very exciting and very realistic.5/5

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