On a Bench in a Park (Swedish: På en bänk i en park) is a 1960 Swedish thriller film written and directed by Hasse Ekman. He also stars, together with Sigge Fürst, Bengt Ekerot and Lena Granhagen. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren. It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Stockholm and on location around the city including at the Central Station and Vasa Theatre.
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Plot
Sam Persson, previously worked as a musician but has lived for several years in a mental hospital. When he is discharged he reads in the newspaper that his childhood friend Stig Brender has become a big name in the theatre.
Persson believes that Brender is the cause of all accidents that happen to him. He finds Brender at the Royal Theatre one evening and tries to kill him with a hammer; instead Persson himself falls to the floor, dead. Brender avoids calling the police, afraid of becoming a suspect; instead, he places the corpse on a bench in a park.
Cast
Hasse Ekman as Stig Brender, theatre manager
Sigge Fürst as Envall, Police Inspector
Bengt Ekerot as Sam Persson
Lena Granhagen as Lena Vendel, Stig Brenders wife
Ragnar Arvedson as Axel Forselius, actor
Torsten Lilliecrona as Theater Director
Olof Sandborg as Strandmark
Fylgia Zadig as Mrs. Conelli
Yngve Nordwall as Fris, Senior Lecturer
Gertrud Danielsson as Mrs. Johansson
John Norrman as Piss-Oskar
Manne Grünberger as Mr. Victorin
Eric Stolpe as Peddler
Allan Edwall as Man at Restaurant
Gunnar Olsson as Gustaf Andreas Wallin, Vicar
Claes Esphagen as Dahlman
Folke Asplund as Nicke
Åke Wästersjö as Nicklasson
Marrit Ohlsson as Luggage Expedition Lady
Svea Holst as Luggage Expedition Lady
Astrid Bodin as Berglärkan
Kaj Nohrborg as Mac Norling
Ragnar Klange as an actor
Gösta Krantz as Sten
Georg Skarstedt as Drunk at the Street