The Man on the Roof

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The Man on the Roof ★★ Manen Pa Taket 1976

A police officer, who's been accused of brutality, is murdered and Martin Beck (Lindstedt) and his coleagues are called in to investigate. Then someone climbs a roof in central Stockholm and begins killing policemen with a rifle. Turns out the cases are related and involve an ex-cop named Eriksson (Hird-wall). Based on the novel “The Abominable Man” by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. Swedish with subtitles. 110m/C VHS . SW Carl Gustav Lindstedt, Ingvar Hirdwall, Sven Wollter, Thomas Heelberg; D: Bo Widerberg; W: Bo Widerberg; C: Odd Geir Saether, Per Kallberg.

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