Radio tekee murron

This article is about the movie. For the cookbook named after this movie, see Radio tekee muron.

Radio tekee murron
Directed by	Matti Kassila
Produced by	Toivo Särkkä
Written by	Matti Kassila Aarne Tarkas
Starring	Hannes Häyrinen Ritva Arvelo Kullervo Kalske Kunto Karapää Kauko Käyhkö Kaarlo Halttunen
Music by	Ahti Sonninen
Cinematography	Osmo Harkimo Pentti Valkeala
Edited by	Armas Vallasvuo
Release dates	1951 (1951)
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

Radio tekee murron ("The Radio Burglary") (1951) is a Finnish crime comedy directed by Matti Kassila and starring Hannes Häyrinen. The idea for the movie came from an actual radio program done by sensationalist reporter Usko Santavuori, in which he committed a fake burglary of which local police forces had not been made aware, with the exception of the commander.

Plot

Toivo Teräsvuori (Häyrinen) is a young radio journalist who's looking for new, interesting topics on which to report. After covering a skydive on a live broadcast, he gets the idea to stage a fake burglary for his next daring stunt. He shares this idea with his friend and fellow radio employee Laakso, whom he persuades to go along with the plan without notifying either their superiors in the radio station, nor the police.

Unfortunately, Teräsvuori and Lahti happen to discuss the details for their fake crime, a burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, in a cafe within earshot of some actual burglars, who plan their own heist to coincide with Teräsvuori's. Both crimes, real and fake, go forward as planned, and Teräsvuori is captured inside the museum, only to learn to his great surprise that an actual theft took place and that he's being blamed for it. Unable to convince the police of his story, he instead escapes and tries to prove his innocence.

Cast

• Hannes Häyrinen as Toivo Teräsvuori
• Ritva Arvelo as Eila Ritolampi
• Kullervo Kalske as Inspector Tammisalo
• Kunto Karapää, Mr. Knickerbocker a.k.a. Robins
• Kauko Käyhkö, Durando a.k.a. Lindström
• Kaarlo Halttunen as Leo Laakso, sound engineer
• Uljas Kandolin as Rytky

Reception

In the 1951 Jussi Awards, Radio tekee murron received three awards. Director Matti Kassila won the award for Best Director, and shared the award for Best Screenplay with co-writer Aarne Tarkas. In addition, Hannes Häyrinen won a Jussi for Best Lead Actor.

External links

• Radio tekee murron at IMDb