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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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SEK 3,900,000 (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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Composed by Arthur Hedström
Lyrics by Fritz Gustaf Sundelöf and Oleg Quist (Helge Roundquist)
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The brief scene with the young woman screaming on the bus was shot with a candid camera on a real bus with real passengers. Their reaction to the scream is real. See more »Goofs
The story takes place on 27 March 1976, however, advertisement for "Christmas Sausages" can be seen on the top of a taxi cab. 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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FjällbrudenComposed by Arthur Hedström
Lyrics by Fritz Gustaf Sundelöf and Oleg Quist (Helge Roundquist)
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This is one of the greatest Swedish police movies ever made. Sure, it is a child of is time, the mid 70's, but is has something other movies lack: tension and a documentary feel.
Yes, it has a slow beginning. It doesn't have the mantra of modern movie makers: pace.
Modern movies, regardless of genre, are to often cut to hard. One scene too much is often removed. Not in this movie, though. It is something so rare as an action movie with a slow pace and actual police work.
One of Sweden's most famous comedy actors of all times plays Martin Beck: the late Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt. He's doing the greatest portrait of this disillusioned policeman ever. Gösta Ekman, Peter Haber and Walter Matthau were not even close.
Mannen på taket is a great movie, has great actors, and is a great time document. A must see in my opinion. If you can see past modern movie cliché heroes and big explosions that is. There is a reason that no one has done a remake of this movie. All other books with Martin Beck has been filmed countless of times, but not this one... (It's named Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle in Swedish or The Abominable Man in English).