A Goat in the Garden

A Goat in the Garden

1958 · 101 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

The wild Jon Esping bets that he will become a churchwarden. He, the upstart and the illiterate who can only write his name, a fox in business, a stud among women and a brute in general, wins the bet.

Directed by Gösta Folke · Written by Olle Länsberg

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