When Darkness Falls (1960)

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When Darkness Falls on IMDb 5.5/10 67 votes

Released:
1960-12-26

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.

Director:
Arne Mattsson

Runtime:
1h 53min

Genre:
Crime

  • 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