''The Olsen Gang's Big Score'' () is a 1972 Danish
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
Erik Balling
Erik Balling (29 November 1924 – 19 November 2005) was a Danish TV and film director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guid ...
and starring
Ove Sprogøe. The film was the fourth in the ''
Olsen-banden
The ''Olsen Gang'' (, ) is a Denmark, Danish comedy film series created by Danish director Erik Balling and special effects expert Henning Bahs about the eponymous fictional criminal gang. The gang's leader is the criminal genius and habitual o ...
''-series.
Cast
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Ove Sprogøe as Egon Olsen
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Morten Grunwald
Walter Morten Grunwald (9 December 1934 – 14 November 2018) was a Danish actor, stage director and theatre manager.
Early life and education
He was born in Odense, Denmark, attended Odense Theatrical School in 1958, and graduated from the Roy ...
as Benny Frandsen
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Poul Bundgaard as Kjeld Jensen
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Kirsten Walther as Yvonne Jensen
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Arthur Jensen
Arthur Robert Jensen (August 24, 1923 – October 22, 2012) was an American psychologist and writer. He was a professor of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jensen was known for his work in psychometrics an ...
as Kongen
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Poul Reichhardt as Knægten
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Jesper Langberg as Mortensen
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Bjørn Watt-Boolsen as Politichefen
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Helle Virkner as Højesteretssagførerens hustru
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Asbjørn Andersen as Højesteretssagfører
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Jes Holtsø as Børge Jensen
* Annika Persson as Sonja
* Gotha Andersen as Bademesteren
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Gert Bastian as Bankchauffør
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Jørgen Beck as Overtjener på hotel
* Edward Fleming as Lufthavnsbetjent
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Poul Glargaard
Poul Glargaard, born Rasmussen (11 April 1942 – 17 October 2011) was a cinema of Denmark, Danish actor. He joined the Aarhus Theater in 1966 and the Aalborg Theater later, entering film in 1968. He has also appeared in numerous TV programm ...
as Pilot
* Poul Gregersen as Bassist
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Børge Møller Grimstrup
Børge Møller Grimstrup (15 February 1906 – 30 October 1972) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1948 and 1972. He was born in Timring, Herning Municipality, Denmark and died in Denmark.
Selected filmography
* '' ...
as Værkfører
* Tage Grønning as 2. violin
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Gunnar Hansen
Gunnar Milton Hansen (March 4, 1947 – November 7, 2015) was an Icelandic-born American actor and author. He played the mentally impaired cannibal Leatherface in '' The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' (1974).
Early life
Hansen was born in Reykja ...
as Kommentator ved fodboldkamp (voice)
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Ove Verner Hansen as Købmanden
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Knud Hilding
Knud Hilding (21 November 1921 – 14 September 1975) was a Danish film actor. Hilding was born in Copenhagen on 21 November 1921.
After graduating from the Frederiksberg Theatre School, Hilding was then employed at the Aarhus Theatre and ...
as Betjent
* Kay Killian as Pianist
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Anton Kontra as 1. violin
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Bertel Lauring as Tjener på hotel
* Ernst Meyer as Bankfunktionær
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Jens Okking
Jens Dyhr Okking, (18 December 1939 – 21 January 2018) was a Danish actor, singer and politician.
Jens Okking was mostly known outside of Denmark from Lars von Triers TV-series '' The Kingdom''. In Denmark, Okking was a notable actor for man ...
as Køkkenmester
* Søren Rode as Fremmedarbejder
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Claus Ryskjær as Ekspedient i tøjforretning
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Bjørn Spiro as Bankchauffør
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Karl Stegger as Tjener
* Søren Strømberg as TV-speaker
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Solveig Sundborg as Nabokonen
* Bent Thalmay as Bud fra pelsfirma
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Poul Thomsen as Pilot
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Bent Vejlby as Lufthavnsbetjent
* Holger Vistisen as Receptionist på hotel
* Bent Warburg as TV-regissør
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Henrik Wiehe as Mand i fly
References
External links
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1972 films
1972 comedy films
Danish comedy films
1970s Danish-language films
Films directed by Erik Balling
Films with screenplays by Erik Balling
1970s heist films
Olsen-banden films
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