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Word: whipcrack (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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None of the characters are heroes, or even whipcrack detectives. But they all seem very real, as opposed to the ridiculously larger-than-life heroes of most films. Realism suffuses the film and makes it credible. The cops are just men doing their jobs. In fact, the murdered inspector turns out to have been a brutal and incompetent policeman, a man who made countless enemies during his career. The iconoclastic Kolberg notes that he best remembered Inspector Nyman for teaching him how he cut off a pig's penis without making the animal squeal...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Underneath the White Hats | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

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