Who Pulled the Plug?

Dec 18, 1981

1h 39m

★ 5.6

Overview

To secure an order for 1 000 cruise ships from an Arab prince, two companies have to compete by racing each other by canal from Stockholm to Gothenburg. A small family owned company on the brink of bankruptcy is pitted against their major competitor and they both have to resort to dirty tricks in order to reach the goal line first. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Triangelfilm

Europa Film

Drakfilm Produktion

SVT

Ri-Film

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Cast

Lena Andersson

Kim Anderzon

Janne Andersson

Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson

Sigurd

Stig Ossian Ericson

Rut

Yvonne Lombard

Rune

Nils Eklund

Björn H:son Larsson

Stig Engström

Peter Black

Magnus Härenstam

Ole

Rolv Wesenlund

Ulf Svensson

Per Oscarsson

Gustav

Georg Rydeberg

Policeman

Peter Harryson

Canoeist

Svante Grundberg

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