Esa "Flies" to Kuopio

Esa "Flies" to Kuopio (Finnish: Lentävä kalakukko, Swedish: Esa "flyger" till Kuopio) is a 1953 Finnish comedy crime film directed by Ville Salminen and starring Esa Pakarinen, Mai-Brit Heljo [fi] and Siiri Angerkoski.^[1]

FinnishLentävä kalakukko

Directed byVille Salminen

Written byReino Helismaa

Produced byT.J. Särkkä

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Esa "Flies" to Kuopio
Original Finnish film poster
Finnish	Lentävä kalakukko
Directed by	Ville Salminen
Written by	Reino Helismaa
Produced by	T.J. Särkkä
Starring	Esa Pakarinen Mai-Brit Heljo [fi] Siiri Angerkoski
Cinematography	Kauno Laine [fi]
Edited by	Armas Vallasvuo [fi]
Music by	Toivo Kärki
Production company	Suomen Filmiteollisuus
Distributed by	Suomen Filmiteollisuus
Release date	13 March 1953 (1953-03-13)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

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The film takes place in February 1946. Viski-Ville, Läski-Leevi and Kello-Kalle, the members of Kulaus-Ramperi's bandit, make an unfortunate burglary and flee from Helsinki to Kuopio on a train express called the Flying Kalakukko (Finnish: Lentävä Kalakukko). The police get a clue about the bandits' escape route. The fast-paced conductor Samuli Saastamoinen (Esa Pakarinen) is also a train detective who trying to capture them. Masa Niemi plays a small crook, Läski-Leevi, who has an annoying myokymia.