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Mannequin in Red (1958)

Mannequin in Red poster
Original title
Mannekäng i rött
Directed by
Arne Mattsson
Genre
crime film, thriller film
Country
Sweden
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A detective couple investigates the murder of a model at a famous Stockholm fashion house. They follow clues and question suspects in the world of high fashion.

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What happens

Mannequin in Red (Swedish: Mannekäng i rött) is a 1958 Swedish crime/thriller film directed by Arne Mattson and written by Folke Mellvig. Starring film couple Karl-Arne Holmsten and Annalisa Ericson as the investigating detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman; this time investigating a murder of a model connected to a famous Stockholm fashion house, La Femme. The film is the second film in director Arne Mattsson's Hillman-series of five thriller films, all containing a colour in the title: Damen i svart (1958), The Mannequin in Red (1958), Ryttare i blått (~ Rider in Blue) (1959), Lady in White (1962), and The Yellow Car (1963). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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