Toivo Teräsvuori, a radio journalist, is always looking for some great topics he could report of.In the beginning we see him skydiving, and then he gets an idea of the lifetime.He should stage a fake burglary.The superiors of the radio station won't let him do the report, but give it to someone else.Teräsvuori does it anyway.He does the deed with the help of his friend and radio amateur Laakso, who's supposed to call the police when he is in the place.The place he decides to rob is the Helsinki Art Museum.Unfortunately, a real criminal, Mr. Knickerbocker, overhears their conversation at the café.He plans to rob the place with the priceless works by Rembrandt and Rubens with his burglar buddies.So when the police arrives, they find Teräsvuori, the stolen paintings and the knocked out night watchman.And nobody seems to believe the poor radio journalist, and soon he's behind bars.He decides to escape and prove his innocence.He's helped by a pretty colleague called Eila.Matti Kassila is the man behind Radio tekee murron (1951).With him in the writing process was Aarne Tarkas.The movie was influenced by the reports made by Usko Santavuori.It won three Jussi awards for best actor, director and script.Next year they made a sequel called Radio tulee hulluksi.Hannes Häyrinen gives the performance of the lifetime as Teräsvuori.Ritva Arvelo does a great female lead as Eila Ritolampi.Kullervo Kalske plays Police inspector Tammisalo.Kunto Karapää is Mr. Robins, aka Mr. Knickerbocker.Heikki Savolainen portrays a crook called Hämäläinen while Matti Lehtelä is a crook called Lehtinen.Kauko Käyhkö is the magician villain, Hans Lindström alias Monsieur Durando.Uljas Kandolin plays Constable Rytky.Lasse Pöysti plays the part of Radio reporter.Arvo Lehesmaa is Ranta.Kaarlo Halttunen is Leo Rikhard Laakso, radio amateur.Kassila's wife of the time, Aino Mantsas, plays Waitress in restaurant Torni.Kirsti Ortola plays Hooker in the movie.Aarne Tarkas is seen in the movie as Karas, crook.Pentti Irjala is Drunk in jail.Veikko Linna is Night watchman in art museum.The flying ace Oiva Tuominen makes a cameo in the beginning.I recently borrowed the VHS from the library.It has been shown many times on TV, but I have missed those times.Now I finally saw it, and liked it very much.This is one movie Hannes Häyrinen was actually proud of.He found most of his movies junk, but this one, and the sequel, he liked.And what's not to like.This is a smoothly running crime comedy.The movie offers many thrilling moments, starting from the burglary to the art museum.Then the escape is a lot of fun to watch, when he goes to the department store and the cops are chasing him.And there is a lot of humor in Hanski's performance, like when he's dressed in a policeman's outfit he found from the department store.Or when he pretends to be one of the dummies there.And let's not forget the romance.When he releases the girl out of the ties, he kisses her twice.This movie is perfect entertainment, that has something for everyone.
Review of Radio tekee murron
