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The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again

The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again

19866.01h 28m

Overview

As always, Sickan has come up with a new plan. This time he wants to rob the IKEA furniture store. During their nightly break-in Sickan discovers that the store is used as a secret smuggling central for sending American computers to the Soviet Union. The computers are picked up by Soviet submarines sneaking into the Swedish archipelago. Naturally, it is their arch enemy Wall-Enberg who is behind all of this.

Directed by Mikael Ekman
Written by Mikael Ekman, Gösta Ekman, Rolf Börjlind
Produced by Ingemar Ejve, Waldemar Bergendahl
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Top Cast

Gösta Ekman

Gösta Ekman

Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson

Ulf Brunnberg

Ulf Brunnberg

Ragnar Vanheden

Björn Gustafson

Björn Gustafson

Dynamit-Harry

Birgitta Andersson

Birgitta Andersson

Doris

Per Grundén

Per Grundén

Wall-Enberg

Johannes Brost

Johannes Brost

Järnarmen

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Lars Dejert

Biffen

Kent Andersson

Kent Andersson

Superintendent Persson

Dan Ekborg

Dan Ekborg

Detective Gren

Jarl Borssén

Jarl Borssén

The Head Waiter

Themes & Keywords

computer chipstockholm, swedenikea

About The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again

The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again is a crime, comedy film released in 1986 exploring themes of computer chip, stockholm, sweden, ikea. Directed by Mikael Ekman, it stars Gösta Ekman, Ulf Brunnberg, Björn Gustafson. As always, Sickan has come up with a new plan. This time he wants to rob the IKEA furniture store. During their nightly break-in Sickan discovers that the store is used as a secret smuggling central for sending American computers to the Soviet Union. The computers are picked up by Soviet submarines sneaking into the Swedish archipelago. Naturally, it is their arch enemy Wall-Enberg who is behind all of this.

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