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Eight Deadly Shots(1972)
Status: Released
Date: 1972-09-15
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19 Votes
Time: 2h 25m
Overview:
Small-scale farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. Rest of the movie is a long flashback examining the events that finally leads to the tragic shooting. As time goes by, Pasi sinks gradually deeper and deeper into the poverty, gets into trouble with both police and tax officials while family arguments grow more and more serious. Based on a true story.
Languages: Finnish.
Countries:
Finland
ProductionCompanies: 
Käpy-Filmi
Movie: Eight Deadly Shots
Top 10 Billed Cast
Mikko Niskanen
Pasi
Paavo Pentikäinen
Reiska
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