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The Unhanged is a 1971
1971 in film
The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music...

 Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...

 comedy film directed by Spede Pasanen
Spede Pasanen
Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, humorist, inventor, TV personality and practitioner of gags....

 and Vesa-Matti Loiri
Vesa-Matti Loiri
Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri is a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and 2004....

. It is the sequel to the 1970 film Speedy Gonzales - noin 7 veljeksen poika
Speedy Gonzales - noin 7 veljeksen poika
Speedy Gonzales - noin 7 veljeksen poika is a Finnish western comedy directed by Ere Kokkonen, and written by Kokkonen with Spede Pasanen and Vesa-Matti Loiri...

. In addition to Loiri (who didn't get to act in Speedy Gonzales because of an injury), the film also stars Pasanen's other stock actors, such as Simo Salminen
Simo Salminen
Simo Salminen is a Finnish comic-actor best known for his many performances in movies and television shows by Spede Pasanen. He, Vesa-Matti Loiri and Pasanen himself are the three important players in almost all of Spede's productions...

 and Olavi Ahonen
Olavi Ahonen
Olavi Ahonen was a Finnish film actor.Ahonen first appeared in film in 1954 and made many appearances in Finnish film between then and 1997 appearing in films such as the Rauni Mollberg historical film Aika hyvä ihmiseksi in 1977. He has also appeared in many films by Spede Pasanen...

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Plot synopsis

The Lonely Rider (Loiri), accompanied by his Indian sidekick Tonto (Salminen) have captured the outlaw Speedy Gonzales (Pasanen), a ruthless gunfighter from the town of Njietponimaistadi. They embark to town for the reward. After riding through the dessert, without water, and fighting against Indians, they discover their heroism has brought them back, full circle.

Cast

  • Vesa-Matti Loiri as The Lonely Rider
  • Simo Salminen as Tonto
    Tonto
    Tonto may mean:* Tonto, a band of Apache native Americans.* Tonto, the fictional sidekick to the Lone Ranger.* "Tonto", a song by the American math rock band Battles, from their album Mirrored.** "Tonto+", the EP centered around said song....

  • Spede Pasanen as Speedy Gonzales
  • Pirjo Laitila as Margareta Smith
  • Olavi Ahonen as Bartender/Sheriff/County clerk/Pimp/Priest/Midwife

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