Beware of the Jönsson Gang

Dec 4, 1981

1h 29m

★ 6.1

Overview

A botched burglary leads to the arrest of the Jönsson gang’s leader, Sickan. After serving ten months in prison, he is released and unexpectedly recruited by the enigmatic banker Wall-Enberg Jr. to steal the legendary Bedford Diamonds in Switzerland. Though Sickan successfully carries out the heist, he is betrayed and nearly captured. Returning to Sweden and reuniting with his old accomplices, he sets out to take calculated revenge on the man who double-crossed him.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

SF Studios

Nordisk Film Denmark

Papphammar Produktion

Nordisk Tonefilm

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Cast

Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson

Gösta Ekman

Ragnar Vanheden

Ulf Brunnberg

Rocky Blom

Nils Brandt

Eivor

Siw Malmkvist

Crime Commissioner Svensson

Jan-Olof Strandberg

Detective Holm

Tomas Norström

Wall-Enberg

Per Grundén

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Weiron Holmberg

Bill

Bengt Stenberg

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