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While the City Sleeps(1950)
Status: Released
Date: 1950-09-08
62%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 42m
Overview:
Jompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours. Jompa and his friends spend their time at nightclubs, cafés and doing petty crimes. While playing poker, Jompa becomes indebted to the criminal Kalle Lund. Of course, Jompa is unable to pay, but Kalle gives him a tip: an old fetcher has always a lot of money at home, and if Jompa could get his hands on the money, his troubles would disappear... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Languages: Swedish.
Countries:
Sweden
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Movie: While the City Sleeps
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sven-Eric Gamble
Jompa
Inga Landgré
Iris Lindstrom
Adolf Jahr
Iris' Father
Elof Ahrle
Manager at Lind Bilservice
John Elfström
Jompa's father
Hilding Gavle
Fencer
Carl Ström
Hansson, janitor
Ulf Palme
Kalle Lund
Barbro Hiort af Ornäs
Rutan
Märta Dorff
Iris' mother
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Jompa is unemployed - and not keen on getting a job. He still lives with his parents who are tired of his attitude about employment and regular hours. Jompa and his friends spend their time at nightclubs, cafés and doing petty crimes. While playing poker, Jompa becomes indebted to the criminal Kalle Lund. Of course, Jompa is unable to pay, but Kalle gives him a tip: an old fetcher has always a lot of money at home, and if Jompa could get his hands on the money, his troubles would disappear... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Release Date
1950-09-08
Average
6.2
Rating:
3.1 startsTagline
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Languages:
svenska
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