Eight Deadly Shots
- Rated 7.7 out of 10
- Movie
- 1972
- 2h 25m
- Drama
Small-scale farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. Rest of the movie is a long flashback examining the events that finally leads to the tragic shooting. As time goes by, Pasi sinks gradually deeper and deeper into the poverty, gets into trouble with both police and tax officials while family arguments grow more and more serious. Based on a true story.
- Director
- Mikko Niskanen
- Starring
- Mikko Niskanen, Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala, Paavo Pentikäinen, Tauno Paananen
Cast
Mikko Niskanen
Pasi
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
Vaimo - Pasi's Wife
Paavo Pentikäinen
Reiska
Tauno Paananen
Tauno, "Tanu"
Elina Liimatainen
Elina, "Ellu"
Ari Vainiontaus
Ari
Mauno Argillander
Manu
Sulo Hokkanen
Sulo Kokki
Ilmari Piilonen
Riistapäällikkö - gamekeeper
Yrjö Liehunen
Kauppias - Shopkeeper
