Kovanaama

Jan 29, 1954

1h 35m

★ 5.3

Overview

Lasse Pöysti plays a young reporter named Esko Pekuri who thinks he's got a front-page story. But every article he writes goes in press as minor news. He gets a fantastic idea to impersonate a gangster and write an article about prison life.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Fennada-Filmi

Kovanaama Trailers

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Cast

Esko Pekuri

Lasse Pöysti

Miss Judith

Sirkka-Liisa Wilén

Evert Pinsiö

Pentti Viljanen

Anders

Toivo Mäkelä

Terävä

Uljas Kandolin

Hoppu

Heikki Savolainen

Roivas

Matti Tamminen

Captain

Sakari Jurkka

Uolevi Tiitinen

Tarmo Manni

Prisoner

Jussi Jurkka

Prisoner

Åke Lindman

Prisoner

Pentti Irjala

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