Joel Rinne

This excellent, suspenseful thriller by Finnish director Matti Kassila inaugurated a series of 1960's crime dramas that featured the friendly ace sleuth, Inspector Palmu (Joel Rinne). Kassila has used a technique of telling the story from two different perspectives in time, and he manages to pull it off to the effect of added tension. Sharp humor also transforms an already effective story into an even better tale. Murder, blackmail, alcoholism, and intrigue challenge Inspector Palmu to his limits. (All Movie Guide)

A wealthy old religious patron raises a disobedient and mentally disturbed niece - until she all of a sudden drops dead as the result of a murder made to look like an accident. A grouchy, elderly superintendent and his young and overly enthusiastic assistant are called in to investigate. And there is a lot to look into, since the deceased had few friends, but many enemies. Almost everyone seems to have not only a motive but also something to hide... (imdb)

A body is found in the park near Tähtitorninmäki. The police are called in, believing him to be a dead vagrant. However, journalist Nopsanen happens by the scene, leading to the death being publisized in the papers that same afternoon. The victim is eventually identified as astrologist Fredrik Nordberg...

A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts about the loyalities of Palmu, seeing that he was spotted in a diplomatic soiree in Moscow just a few weeks before the murder. (imdb)

A man is murdered and others are threatened over a piece of worthless-appearing land, and "Dead Man" Sarmo is asked to investigate the case.

A widow (Ikonen) contacts her old love, now in unhappy marriage, to talk what might have been.

It is a time of extreme housing shortage in Helsinki. People with room in their flats are required either to find subtenants or to lodge anyone sent by the housing commission. Abel and Jussi Siimes, two devoted haters of women, need to find a subtenant quickly to avoid the possibility of the housing commission sending a woman, God forbid it, to live with them. Abel's acquaintance, an assessor, recommends his nephew Kaino as the perfect choice. Of course, the nephew is a niece... (imdb)

A young woman juggles identities and men trying to get by.

A rich girl gets a man to pretend he is her father when they go vacationing to a hotel, looking for a potential fiancé for the girl.

Comic story about a teacher, his students and the dogs of Helsinki.

Coast guard battles the bootleggers who smuggle booze across the Gulf of Finland during the prohibition law. (imdb)

The film is set in the small village of Nuottaniemi wherein lives Herr Iisakki and his daughter Hanna. Herr Iisakki has grudge against Herr Heikki, blaming him for the death of his son in a raft accident. To make things worse Herr Heikki's son, Herr Juhani, wants to marry Frau Hanna but she only has eyes for a lumberman named Herr Anti Koskenalustan.

Majakkasaari's young captain Eero Luotola (Joel Rinne) and his bride Annikki (Lillan Järnefelt) have been inseparable since childhood. The lovers' idyll is broken when the artist Viklund (Sven Hildén) arrives on the island from the city as a summer guest and sets his sights on Annikki in Korea.

While on holiday, Himanen and Kehkonen offer to take the stationmaster across the lake in their boat. Through various mishaps Himanen, posing as a woman falls in love with the lensman's daughter.

The drama directed by Toivo Särkä and Yrjö Norta is based on Eino Railo's novel of the same name. In the film adaptation, set in 1930s Ostrobothnia, the Ylitalo sisters live a summer full of love. Rampant but cheerful Eliina (Ansa Ikonen) likes the high school student Yrjö (Jorma Nortimo), while the heart of the divine Johanna (Ester Toivonen) beats for childhood friend Huhdan Aksel (Eino Kaipainen).