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Top billed cast
Martti SuosaloIrwin Goodman
Ilkka KoivulaVexi Salmi
Riitta SalminenRiitta Feirikki-Hammarberg
Eeva-Maija HaukinenKirsti Hammarberg
Esko NikkariVäiski
Pertti KoivulaSepe
Hannu KiviojaKaspar- Martti-Mikael JärvinenOtto
Tom LindholmEikka
Raimo GrönbergHonkanen
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