Movie Comedy
To increase sales of the magazine Veckohatten, the management decides to invest heavily in the beauty contest Miss Sweden. A communist cell is planning to sabotage the competition, because it is sexist.
Sweden Sweden
Jarl Kulle Sven Lindberg Gunn Wållgren Meg Westergren Per Oscarsson Margareta Sjödin Gaby Stenberg Stig Grybe Lennart Swahn John Harryson Wivian Öiangen Eric Hammar Bruno Wintzell Cia Löwgren Öllegård Wellton Claire Wikholm Christina Carlwind Lil Terselius Jan Öqvist Carl Billquist Arne Tyrén Lissi Alandh Annelie Alexandersson Kim Anderzon Arne Källerud Gösta Prüzelius
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