The Laughing Policeman

This movie is so real it makes every other movie in this town look like a movie.

A gritty, procedural crime thriller centered on a detective's obsessive hunt for his partner's killer, grounded in the harsh realities of 1970s urban violence.

When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case.