Speed Fever
1953 Swedish film by Egil Holmsen
Speed Fever (Swedish: Fartfeber) is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Egil Holmsen and starring Arne Ragneborn, Sven-Axel Carlsson and Erik Berglund. The film's sets were designed by the art director Bertil Duroj. It was shot on location around Stockholm.
Cast
Arne Ragneborn as Kent Grönholm
Sven-Axel Carlsson as Rolf 'Kina' Carlsson
Håkan Serner as Gunnar Norén
Erik Berglund as Klemens Grönholm
Britta Brunius as Gunnar's Mother
Erna Groth as Gerd
Sven Lindberg as Björn 'Tårtpapperet' Bergkvist
Erik Strandmark as Hebbe
Harriett Philipson as Inez
Stig Järrel as Chief Constable
Arne Källerud as Kina's Father
Torsten Lilliecrona as Lundkvist, lector
Gus Dahlström as Comic Actor
Holger Höglund as Comic Actor
Stellan Agerlo as Ricke
Yvonne Axö as Görel
Julia Cæsar as Displeased Customer
Hans Dahlberg as Tjatte
Märta Dorff as Ellen
Arthur Fischer as News-stand Owner
Agda Helin as Kina's Mother
Sven Holmberg as Pawnshop Customer
Solveig Jäder as Grönholm's maid
Lennart Lilja as The killed man
Sune Mangs as Pupil
Artur Rolén as Nilsson, trades-man
Nina Scenna as Gullan, Adolf's wife
Ann-Marie Skoglund as Anni
Gunnel Sporr as Hebbe's Wife
Elsa Winge as Kent's Mother
Carl-Gunnar Wingård as Adolf
Gudrun Östbye as Gerd's Friend
References
Bibliography
Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
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