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Esa "Flies" to Kuopio
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Wikipedia article
'Esa "Flies" to Kuopio' (Finnish: 'Lentv kalakukko', Swedish: 'Esa "flyger" till Kuopio') is a 1953 Finnish comedy crime film directed by Ville Salminen and starring Esa Pakarinen, Mai-Brit Heljo and Siiri Angerkoski.Qvist & von Bagh p.249
The film takes place in February 1946. Viski-Ville, Lski-Leevi and Kello-Kalle, the members of Kulaus-Ramperi's bandit, make an unfortunate burglary and flee from Helsinki to Kuopio on a train express called the 'Flying Kalakukko' . The police get a clue about the bandits' escape route. The fast-paced conductor Samuli Saastamoinen (Esa Pakarinen) is also a train detective who trying to capture them. Masa Niemi plays a small crook, Lski-Leevi, who has an annoying myokymia.
Cast
* Esa Pakarinen as Samuli Saastamoinen, Train detective
* Mai-Brit Heljo as Pretty-Molly
* Siiri Angerkoski as Jenni
* Kullervo Kalske as Yrj
* Armas Jokio as Aleksi
* Leo Lhteenmki as Kulaus-Ramperi / Detective Saastamoinen
* Matti Aulos
* Irja Rannikko as Taimi Tikk
* Hannes Veivo as Kello-Kalle
* Masa Niemi as Leevi Lindroos / Lski-Leevi
* Pentti Irjala as Lumberjack in Train
* Eino Kaipainen as Chief Constable Rikknen
* Kauko Kokkonen as Police
* Nestori Lampi as Hungry Passenger
* Heimo Lepist as Lumberjack in Train
* Veikko Linna as Conductor Laitinen
* Esko Mannermaa as Station-master
* Lasse Pihlajamaa as Accordionist
* Holger Salin as Train Constable
* Ville Salminen as Vilho Adolf Napoleon Rtk / Viski-Ville
See also
* 'Pekka Puup' (film)
References
Bibliography
* Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. 'Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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