When Darkness Falls (1960)

Name: When Darkness Falls
Genre: Crime
Released: 1960-12-26
Duration: 113 min
Cast: Karl-Arne Holmsten, Nils Asther, Birgitta Pettersson, George Fant, Elsa Prawitz

A film with atmosphere and condensed mystery.

Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wijk comes to the small village to find the murderer. He soon discovers the puzzle of evidence that makes almost everybody a suspect.

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Released 1960-12-26 · 113 min · Crime

Directed by Arne Mattsson

Cast

Karl-Arne Holmsten as Christer Wijk
Nils Asther as Vicar Tord Ekstedt
Birgitta Pettersson as Elisabeth Rydén
George Fant as Arne Sandell
Elsa Prawitz as Barbara Sandell
Adolf Jahr as Connie Lundgren
Mimi Nelson as Hjördis Holm
Sif Ruud as Frideborg Jansson
Hjördis Petterson as Tekla Motander
Bengt Brunskog as Mårten Gustavsson
Eva Sjöström as Susanne Motander
Sigge Fürst as Docent Ahlgren
Maritta Marke as Alice Broman
John Melin as Cantor
Björn Gustafson as Forensic investigator