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Pekka ja Pätkä salapoliiseina

Pekka ja Pätkä salapoliiseina

Part of Pekka Puupää Collection

1957•1h 22m•5.6/10
Comedy

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5.6/10(9)

At Justiina's insistence, Pekka and Pätkä are looking for work again and end up starting a detective agency. The first assignment takes the duo on a cruise on Lake Saimaa. Traveling on the same ship are representative Johannes Kulo and his daughter Maija, as well as the lumberjack Jussi, who gets caught up in the duo's misadventures.

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Production

Suomen Filmiteollisuus

Language

FI

Status

Released

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Cast

Esa Pakarinen

Esa Pakarinen

Pekka Puupää

Masa Niemi

Masa Niemi

Pätkä

Anja Hatakka

Maija Kulo

Ami Lovén

Jussi Leino

Siiri Angerkoski

Siiri Angerkoski

Justiina Puupää

Veikko Linna

Veikko Linna

Johannes Kulo

Eino Kaipainen

Eino Kaipainen

Leino (uncredited)

Juhani Kumpulainen

Juhani Kumpulainen

Viljo Leino (uncredited)

Tauno Söder

Rainer Strand (uncredited)

Armas Jokio

Armas Jokio

Pikkarainen (uncredited)

Lasse Saxelin

Lasse (uncredited)

Raimo Lehto

Tolvanen (uncredited)

Fiinu Autio

Mari (uncredited)

Irja Rannikko

(uncredited)

Walle Siivonen

(uncredited)

Birger Blom

(uncredited)

Kaarlo Saarnio

Kaarlo Saarnio

(uncredited)

Uuno Montonen

Uuno Montonen

(uncredited)

Arvo Hämäläinen

(uncredited)

Sakari Pesonen

(uncredited)

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