Arne Mattsson is probably most known for his film 'Hon dansade en sommar' ('One Summer of Happiness'/'Elle n'a dansé qu'un seul été') where a nudity scene became famous and in a way changed the way of making films or daring to make film in the Northern parts of Europe.
He is also known for his thrillers with his police 'hero' John Hillman, solving different kinds of murder cases in collaboration with his clumpsy colleague Freddy.
In this film we get to meet a lot of characters but the principle one is Verner Vade (Anders Henrikson) an 80 year old millionaire who is hated by everyone because of his harshness and dictatorial behaviour towards both family and employees.
He lives with his much younger wife Anna (Eva Dahlbeck) and his daughter Monica, (Ella Henrikson) her fiancé Jonas (Walter Norrman) and Anna's nephew Boris (Heinz Hopf).
In the background we also have Anna's sister Agda (Elsa Prawitz) married to the lawyer Bengt Ahlgren (Ove Tjernberg).
All of these people want him dead and they all plot against him and each other in order to be able to gain as much money as possible when he dies - and of course he dies - murdered by one of the above mentioned.
A policeman (Olle Andersson) tries to solve the murder case...
In general one can say that it's not at all a bad thriller, somewhat in the 'English style' with a policeman thouroughly and methodically investigating the case.
Unfortunately the actor doing the role of the policeman is somewhat parodic in his acting and I don't know why but this tend to lower the score of the film as most other actors are fairly good, though somewhat stereotypical.
He is also known for his thrillers with his police 'hero' John Hillman, solving different kinds of murder cases in collaboration with his clumpsy colleague Freddy.
In this film we get to meet a lot of characters but the principle one is Verner Vade (Anders Henrikson) an 80 year old millionaire who is hated by everyone because of his harshness and dictatorial behaviour towards both family and employees.
He lives with his much younger wife Anna (Eva Dahlbeck) and his daughter Monica, (Ella Henrikson) her fiancé Jonas (Walter Norrman) and Anna's nephew Boris (Heinz Hopf).
In the background we also have Anna's sister Agda (Elsa Prawitz) married to the lawyer Bengt Ahlgren (Ove Tjernberg).
All of these people want him dead and they all plot against him and each other in order to be able to gain as much money as possible when he dies - and of course he dies - murdered by one of the above mentioned.
A policeman (Olle Andersson) tries to solve the murder case...
In general one can say that it's not at all a bad thriller, somewhat in the 'English style' with a policeman thouroughly and methodically investigating the case.
Unfortunately the actor doing the role of the policeman is somewhat parodic in his acting and I don't know why but this tend to lower the score of the film as most other actors are fairly good, though somewhat stereotypical.
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