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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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Country:
SwedenLanguage:
SwedishRelease Date:
April 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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SEK3,900,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Martin Beck: What can they do?
Gunvald Larsson: [sarcastically] Bomb the house. Bring in the heavy artillery, or...
Martin Beck: Or what?
Gunvald Larsson: Or deploy paratroopers. We could even drop a dozen police dogs.
Martin Beck: Shut up, Gunvald.
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The weapon used by the gunman in the last part of the movie is an American M1941 Johnson machine gun. 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
Malm: [after the helicopter have been shot down] We'll have to call in the armed forces.Martin Beck: What can they do?
Gunvald Larsson: [sarcastically] Bomb the house. Bring in the heavy artillery, or...
Martin Beck: Or what?
Gunvald Larsson: Or deploy paratroopers. We could even drop a dozen police dogs.
Martin Beck: Shut up, Gunvald.
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Bo Widerberg made many different and exciting films. This one, along with "Mannen från Mallorca", is my favorite. It opens slowly but unnervingly before erupting with a very gory and terrifying murder 5 minutes into the story. After that, the film continues on a very slow pace(although it never gets boring) until the last half hour which consists of very well-done, but not standard, police-action. The film oozes of realism, from everything to small talk between father and daughter to attempts to stop a crazy gun man. The best swedish thriller ever, and damn good even by international standards.