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Running time. 89 minutes. Countries. Sweden. Germany. Language. Swedish. The Police Murderer (Swedish: Polismördaren) is a 1994 Swedish police film about Martin Beck, directed by Peter Keglevic.
The Laughing Policeman (released in the UK as An Investigation of Murder) is a 1973 American neo-noir thriller film loosely based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The setting of the story is transplanted from Stockholm to San Francisco.
A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects for the murder. They are chased by a large number of police but only criminal inspector Martin Beck believe they are innocent.
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- 1994-01-12
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On New Years Eve in Baltimore, a sniper begins killing random revelers at a variety of roof-top parties, using firework explosions as cover. Beat cop Eleanor Falco is among those who responds, helping move survivors to safety. Police identify the shooter’s location as an apartment overlooking the area, just before it explodes. Eleanor rushes to the...
In May 2019, Shailene Woodley joined the cast of the film, then titled Misanthrope, with Damián Szifron directing from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jonathan Wakeham. Woodley also produced the film, which is Szifron's English-language debut. In October 2019, it was announced Mark Strong was in talks to join the cast. In December 2020, Ben Mendelsoh...
In November 2022, Vertical Entertainment acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film. It was retitled from Misanthrope to To Catch a Killer, and released in theaters on April 21, 2023.
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 51% of 74 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Damián David Szifron's stylish direction and fine performances bolster To Catch a Killer's case, but a derivative script throws this thriller off course." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 43 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Box office
To Catch a Killer, with a limited theatrical release, grossed $3.1million, in foreign territories.
Murderer (simplified Chinese: 杀人犯; traditional Chinese: 殺人犯) is a 2009 Hong Kong thriller film directed by Roy Chow, and starring Aaron Kwok. The film centers on a police detective investigating a series of gruesome murderers.
Frenzy: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey. A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
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Plot. A convict named Malcolm Rivers awaits execution for a vicious mass murder that took place at an apartment building. Journals belonging to Malcolm are discovered misfiled in the case evidence; they were not introduced during the trial.
