Beware of the Jönsson Gang (1981)
"Varning för Jönssonligan" (original title)

The movie begins with the Jönsson gang making a minor burglary. It goes wrong and the gang leader, Sickan, gets caught. After he has spent 10 months in jail, Vanheden and Rocky come to ... See full summary »

Director:

Jonas Cornell

Writers:

Henning Bahs (story), Erik Balling (story),

Stars:

Gösta Ekman, Ulf Brunnberg, Nils Brandt

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gösta Ekman	...	Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson
Ulf Brunnberg	...	Ragnar Vanheden
Nils Brandt	...	Rocky
Siw Malmkvist	...	Eivor
Jan-Olof Strandberg	...	Kriminalkommissarie Svensson
Tomas Norström	...	Kriminalassistent Holm
Per Grundén	...	Morgan Wall-Enberg Jr.
Weiron Holmberg	...	Biffen
Bengt Stenberg	...	Bill
Hans Sundberg	...	Dr. Schmetterlink
Urban Sahlin	...	Gymnastiktränaren
Jean-Paul Chakbazos	...	Shejken
Claes Thelander	...	Berusad man
Lillemor Planck	...	Berusad kvinna
Johannes Brost	...	Rånare

Storyline

The movie begins with the Jönsson gang making a minor burglary. It goes wrong and the gang leader, Sickan, gets caught. After he has spent 10 months in jail, Vanheden and Rocky come to welcome him when he's released. But he doesn't take notice of them, and he's picked up by the mysterious banker Wall-Enberg Jr. instead. He wants Sickan to perform a burglary in Switzerland, in order to retrieve the famous Bedford Diamonds. Sickan does this but is fooled by Wall-Enberg and nearly gets caught. When he returns to Sweden and re-unites with his old gang members, he's set on revenge, both physically and psychologically...

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Plot Keywords:

remake | caper

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Taglines:

Sehr Schön! Ja, jag ser sjön

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime

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Details

Country:

Sweden Denmark

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

4 December 1981 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Beware of the Jönsson Gang

Filming Locations:

Danviksbron, Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Box Office

Gross:

SEK 22,022,375 (Sweden)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nordisk Film, Nordisk Tonefilm, Papphammar Produktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

The "i" in "Varning" is an exclamation mark in the initial credits.

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Connections

Followed by Lilla Jönssonligan på styva linan (1997)

User Reviews

Superb!

A cult classic in Swedish movies. This is the first movie with the criminal league called Jönssonligan named after the "leader" Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson. I have loved these movies the day the came. It blends clever burgler tricks with comedy. The funniest actor is of course Gösta Ekman. He's great as the little bit confused and clumsy but intelligent "Sickan" and he comes up the plans and his colleagues helps him. This is a true classic.