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Beware of the Jönsson Gang(1981)
Status: Released
Date: 1981-12-04
62%
70 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
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.
Languages: Swedish.
Countries:
Denmark,
Sweden
ProductionCompanies: 
Papphammar Produktion
Nordisk Tonefilm
Movie: Beware of the Jönsson Gang
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gösta Ekman
Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson
Ulf Brunnberg
Ragnar Vanheden
Nils Brandt
Rocky Blom
Siw Malmkvist
Eivor
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Crime Commissioner Svensson
Tomas Norström
Detective Holm
Per Grundén
Wall-Enberg
Weiron Holmberg
Biffen
Bengt Stenberg
Bill
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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.
Release Date
1981-12-04
Average
6.207
Rating:
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