When Darkness Falls
When Darkness Falls

When Darkness Falls (1960)

1960-12-26

(US) •

Crime

A film with atmosphere and condensed mystery.

5.4/10

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Overview

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.

Movie Cast

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Karl-Arne Holmsten

Christer Wijk

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Nils Asther

Vicar Tord Ekstedt

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Birgitta Pettersson

Elisabeth Rydén

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George Fant

Arne Sandell

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Elsa Prawitz

Barbara Sandell

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Adolf Jahr

Connie Lundgren

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Mimi Nelson

Hjördis Holm

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Sif Ruud

Frideborg Jansson

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Hjördis Petterson

Tekla Motander

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Bengt Brunskog

Mårten Gustavsson

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Eva Sjöström

Susanne Motander

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Sigge Fürst

Docent Ahlgren

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Maritta Marke

Alice Broman

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John Melin

Cantor

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Björn Gustafson

Forensic investigator

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Anna-Maria Giertz

Lotta Ekstedt

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Sven-Erik Jacobsson

Carl Sixten

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Stig Ternström

Bailiff

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Marrit Ohlsson

Anna-Greta

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Curt Löwgren

Train conductor

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Anita Lindohf