Police lieutenant Nyman is murdered in his hospital bed and Martin Beck and his colleagues have another murder to solve. They discover that Nyman was a very tough policeman who received ...
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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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Police lieutenant Nyman is murdered in his hospital bed and Martin Beck and his colleagues have another murder to solve. They discover that Nyman was a very tough policeman who received several complaints about his methods. His partner Hult defends him against these accusations, while Nyman's widow explains that Hult was the only one outside of the family who knew where Nyman was hospitalized. It becomes obvious to Beck, that a lot of people wanted Nyman dead, but he is not the only one targeted. Soon a sniper kills policemen from a roof in central Stockholm. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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SwedishRelease Date:
April 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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SEK 3,900,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Martin Beck: I didn't really know him very well...
Lennart Kollberg: Don't be evasive! Who was he? Or rather, what was he?
Martin Beck: A police.
Lennart Kollberg: Not a satisfying answer
Einar Rönn: A police lieutenant...? I have to make a phone call
Lennart Kollberg: Well. What was he?
Martin Beck: A bad policeman.
Lennart Kollberg: Wrong! Nyman was a fucking lousy policeman!
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Composed by Arthur Hedström
Lyrics by Fritz Gustaf Sundelöf and Oleg Quist (Helge Roundquist)
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Not one tripod was used for this movie - everything is shot with hand held camera, unique for the Swedish movie industry at the time of shooting. See more »Goofs
When Kollberg and Larsson is standing in the doorway to the closed section of the hold hospital, Larsson has a big wound and lots of blood on the right side of his head. Seconds earlier, when he helps 'Kollberg' to get over the railing, you can see his head without any wound or blood. See more »Quotes
Lennart Kollberg: Ask yourself this: Who was Stig Nyman?Martin Beck: I didn't really know him very well...
Lennart Kollberg: Don't be evasive! Who was he? Or rather, what was he?
Martin Beck: A police.
Lennart Kollberg: Not a satisfying answer
Einar Rönn: A police lieutenant...? I have to make a phone call
Lennart Kollberg: Well. What was he?
Martin Beck: A bad policeman.
Lennart Kollberg: Wrong! Nyman was a fucking lousy policeman!
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FjällbrudenComposed by Arthur Hedström
Lyrics by Fritz Gustaf Sundelöf and Oleg Quist (Helge Roundquist)
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This is probably the best film ever made in Sweden. It is unsurpassed in its effectiveness, from the performances, the 70's style semidocumentary storytelling and the editing. It owes a lot to the american masterpieces of that era like French Connection and The Seven-Ups. These types of gritty real police thrillers are a lost art, I wish someone would
reinvent them soon.