Raggare!

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Raggare!
Blackjackets
Directed by Olle Hellbom
Written by Olle Hellbom
Produced by Olle Nordemar
Starring Christina Schollin
Bill Magnusson
Hans Wahlgren
Cinematography Bertil Palmgren
Music by Harry Arnold
Production
company
Release date
  • 13 November 1959 (1959-11-13)(Sweden)
Running time
88 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Raggare! (in the UK released as Blackjackets) is a Swedish drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 13 November 1959, [1] directed by Olle Hellbom.

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Plot

A gang of car driving youngsters (raggare) hang out in a café outside Stockholm. The coolest among the youngsters, Roffe, kidnaps his girlfriend when discovering that she hangs out with guys from another gang.

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References

  1. "Raggare!". Swedish Film Database. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.