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The Man on the Roof

Original title: Mannen på taket / Man on the Roof
1976 · 1 h 52 min
Directed by Bo Widerberg
ActionCrimeDrama

Cast

Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt

Credits

Written by: Maj Sjöwall

Plot

A police thriller.

Sinekatalog’s take

Bo Widerberg's gripping police thriller follows a manhunt for a sniper in Stockholm. Realistic and tense, with a famous helicopter-and-rooftop finale, it is a tough, influential Swedish procedural.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (5,827 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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