Charlie the Innkeeper

Charlie the Innkeeper

1939 · 95 min · ★ 5.3 · Comedy, Music

Kalle Jeppson is the joyful owner of a rural inn, "Spången" (The Footbridge). His only problems are all the bylaws that makes it difficult to have a quiet drink and the shrew of his wife who is always nagging on him. Kalle is afraid to tell her that Karin the maid is really his daughter from the days before their marriage.

Directed by Emil A. Lingheim · Written by Henry Richter

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Edvard Persson Kalle Jeppsson
Bullan Weijden Berta
John Degerberg Sjölund
Carl Ström Parish constable Högberg
Tord Bernheim Gösta Högberg
Mim Persson Stina
Annita Gyldtenungæ Karin
Walter Sarmell Olle the miller
Olga Hellquist Hortensia Kraft
Harry Persson Oskar Olsson
Georg Funkquist American
Georg Fernquist Judge

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