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When Darkness Falls
Film / 1960

When Darkness Falls

Directed by Arne Mattsson
Crime

★ 5.6/10Audience rating

Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wijk comes to the small village to find the murderer. He soon discovers the puzzle of evidence that makes almost everybody a suspect.

The story

Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wijk comes to the small village to find the murderer. He soon discovers the puzzle of evidence that makes almost everybody a suspect.

Cast

Karl-Arne HolmstenChrister Wijk Nils AstherVicar Tord Ekstedt Birgitta PetterssonElisabeth Rydén George FantArne Sandell Elsa PrawitzBarbara Sandell Adolf JahrConnie Lundgren Mimi NelsonHjördis Holm Sif RuudFrideborg Jansson Hjördis PettersonTekla Motander Bengt BrunskogMårten Gustavsson Eva SjöströmSusanne Motander Sigge FürstDocent Ahlgren
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Maritta MarkeAlice Broman John MelinCantor Björn GustafsonForensic investigator Anna-Maria GiertzLotta Ekstedt Sven-Erik JacobssonCarl Sixten Stig TernströmBailiff Marrit OhlssonAnna-Greta Curt LöwgrenTrain conductor Anita Lindohf

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