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Ture Sventon - Privatdetektiv

Ture Sventon - Privatdetektiv

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Private detective Ture Sventon is visited by his friend Mr. Omar of the Arabic desert. Sventon decides to travel with Mr. Omar on his flying carpet to Paris. However, Sventon almost exclusively lives on cream puffs, and to transport these across the continent, he needs a portable fridge. He pays a visit to Stockholms foremost fridge inventor and are introduced to a new fridge which shrinks and deshrinks the food. The inventor is afraid his new invention will be stolen, and thus Sventon brings it to Paris where it gets stolen.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

5.1/10

Release Date

01 November 1972

Country

Sweden

Cast

Jarl Kulle

Jarl Kulle

Ture Sventon

Eva Henning

Eva Henning

Fröken Jansson

Bertil Norström

Bertil Norström

Hjalmar Hjortron

Gösta Bredefeldt

Gösta Bredefeldt

Herr Omar

Åke Lundqvist

Åke Lundqvist

Ville Vessla

Rolv Wesenlund

Rolv Wesenlund

Muhammed

Aud Schønemann

Aud Schønemann

Mrs Smith

Willie Hoel

Willie Hoel

Henki Kolstad

Henki Kolstad

Bab Christensen

Bab Christensen

Rolv Wesenlund

Rolv Wesenlund

Peter Malmsjö

Peter Malmsjö

Vegard Hall

Vegard Hall

Mette Lange-Nielsen

Mette Lange-Nielsen

Rolf Just Nilsen

Rolf Just Nilsen

Pål Skjønberg

Pål Skjønberg

Kjersti Døvigen

Kjersti Døvigen

Bjørn Hansen

Bjørn Hansen

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