Never in Your Life (Swedish: Aldrig i livet) is a 1957 Swedish crime film directed by Arne Ragneborn and starring Lars Ekborg, Ingrid Thulin and Sven-Eric Gamble.[1] It was shot at the in Stocksund Studios in Stockholm. The film was originally made under the title It Happens Tonight (Det händer i natt) but faced major censorship issues, and was eventually released with cuts and a new title.[2] The new version turned the events into a dream, and introduced greater comic elements.

Never in Your Life
Directed byArne Ragneborn
Written byPeter Bourne
Elisabeth Burman
Lars Ekborg
Sven-Eric Gamble
Arne Ragneborn
Produced byLars Burman
StarringLars Ekborg
Ingrid Thulin
Sven-Eric Gamble
CinematographyBengt Lindström
Edited byCarl-Olov Skeppstedt
Music byAnders Burman
Ulf Carlén
Harry Arnold
Production
companies
Nyvefilm
Iris Film
Metronome Studios AB
Distributed byIris Film
Release date
  • 21 December 1957 (1957-12-21)
Running time
80 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Synopsis

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A young criminal plays a major heist and in order to secure information he becomes engaged to the daughter of the nightwatchman. Having carried off the robbery, he proceeds to murder two of his criminal associates and plans to escape to South America.

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References

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  1. ^ Qvist & Von Bagh p.147
  2. ^ Tapper p.50

Bibliography

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  • Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.
  • Tapper, Michael. Swedish Cops: From Sjöwall and Wahlöö to Stieg Larsson. Intellect Books, 2014.
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