Pontevat pommaripojat

Pontevat pommaripojat

1948 · 73 min · ★ 5.5 · Comedy, Crime

Poke and Pena, two private investigators in debt, see an advertisement in the newspaper about Dr. Peltonen's disappearance and the promised reward for finding him. The boys retreat to investigate the case in a house they have rented in the countryside, which happens to be next door to the criminal gang that kidnapped the doctor. The gang's boss, 'Synkkä' (Gloomy), and his sister, 'Kaunotar' (Beauty), try to distract the boys by hiring them to guard their villa.

Directed by Ville Salminen · Written by Antero Alpola

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Pentti Viljanen Pena
Oke Tuuri Poke
Ville Salminen 'Synkkä'
Kirsti Hurme 'Kaunotar'
Ossi Elstelä Hamara
Uljas Kandolin 'Arpinaama'
Rafael Karima
Aku Korhonen José Carillo 'Harry Brown'
Kauko Käyhkö
Varma Lahtinen
Aarne Laine Mr. Wilkins 'Don X'
Uolevi Lönnberg

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