Kaasua, komisario Palmu!
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| Directed by | Matti Kassila |
| Produced by | Mauno Mäkelä |
| Written by | Matti Kassila Kaarlo Nuorvala Mika Waltari (novel) |
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Joel Rinne Matti Ranin Leo Jokela Elina Salo Pentti Siimes |
| Music by | Osmo Lindeman |
| Cinematography |
Esko Nevalainen Erkko Kivikoski |
| Edited by | Ossi Skurnik |
| Distributed by | Fennada-Filmi |
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94 minutes |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
Kaasua, komisario Palmu! (1961) (″Gas, Inspector Palmu!″) is a Finnish crime movie directed by Matti Kassila. The main cast of actors is the same as that of the first though some actors such as Elina Salo, Pentti Siimes and Aino Mantsas play different characters,
It is based on the first Inspector Palmu novel Kuka murhasi rouva Skrofin? by Mika Waltari but was the second one filmed, after Komisario Palmun erehdys. Unlike the first film it was produced by Fennada-Filmi. According to director Kassila, Toivo Särkkä (the producer of the first film) didn't like the story of the novel and thus its rights were purchased by Fennada producer Mauno Mäkelä, who also produced the third movie Tähdet kertovat, komisario Palmu.
Mrs. Skrof, a wealthy and hated woman belonging to a religious sect, is found dead in her apartment. She died apparently from inhaling gas leaking from her cooker while under the influence of sleep-medication. Several details of the case lead Inspector Palmu to suspect that she was murdered, including a crooked soup pot, her unusually strong sleeping pills and the fact her dog has been killed by breaking its neck.
In the film the murderer is revealed to be Kurt Kuurna. Although all the evidence points to Kaarle Lankela, the attempted suicide and false but accurate confession made by Kirsti Skrof (taken from details that were given to her by Virta) causes the whole affair to become untangled.
Palmu's suspicions about Kuurna are aroused due to his unusually proactive involvement in the murder case as well for delivering Kirsti's suicide note, which at first glance doesn't appear to concern him. After Kirsti's failed suicide attempt Kuurna is put under police watch. When he shines the light on a hanged mannequin on his window the police and Palmu first suspect he has killed himself. Kurt reveals himself to be the killer with his gruesome portrait of Palmu (where Palmu is depicted as Janus) where he accidentally painted the tipped pot over the gas-cooker, a detail only the murderer would have known.
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