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- Vesterman has found a young seal in his fishing nets in the outskirts of the archipelago. When he comes back to the Saltkråkan island he gives the seal to Tjorven, who names it Moses. Peter Malm, a visitor who works at the Zoological Institute in Uppsala, wants to buy the seal, but Tjorven says it's not for sale. Vesterman is in need of money and tries to get the seal back, to sell it to Peter. The children have to hide the seal, so he won't find it. Pelle's rabbit Jocke and one of Söderman's lambs are found bitten to death. The dog Båtsman is accused of those evil deeds, which means that Tjorven's father has to shoot her dog. In the last minute Söderman finds out that a fox is the perpetrator. Peter Malm says he won't buy the seal. Vesterman is disappointed and the seal stays with the children.
- The Poet and Little Mom buy a cottage with a large poets' grant. The creditor gets mortgage and demands his money by New Year's Eve or they lose the cottage. It's time to earn money.
- A young woman is going to Paris by bus, but when she steps out of her house she discovers that her garden and the whole village is flooded with water. With a boat and a bike she succeeds to reach a dry spot in the village. There a young man in a car offers her a lift. They drive around in circles, trying to find a way out of the area, but all ways are blocked by the water. Concurrently with the ever rising water the emotions within the two young people also start rising. At last they find their way out of the flooded area. When they reach Paris and the young woman looks up at the Eiffel Tower, she knows that she is going to spend the night with this man.
- In the end of 1939 the Soviet Union attacks Finland. In Sweden 100.000 men are quickly drafted to guard the northeastern border. Men, who have almost no military training, are suddenly expected to behave as full-fledged soldiers. In one of the units we find 107 Andersson, 111 Loffe and a bunch of men with nicknames as Morsgrisen and Stora Norrland. After some months the war in Finland is over, but World War II continues and the unit moves to the western border of Sweden, where the men have to stay for many years to come. Sweden is not at war, but some of the men are frightened that the Nazis will one day attack also this country. The years passes by without much drama. There are some confrontations with German soldiers on the other side of the border, but the problems the men in the unit encounter are mainly of a more social nature. The young staff sergeant develops a liaison with a woman in a nearby village although he is already engaged with a girl back home, and in Stockholm Loffe's wife gets entangled in a sexual affair with a rich black-marketeer. When the war ends in May 1945 the men in the unit have been together for more than five years, but they never meet again.
- Alice and her sister Moa live in a dysfunctional family. Their father Olle is an alcoholic and their mother Kerstin cannot handle the situation. At Alice's birthday Olle hasn't bought any present to his daughter. Although he is drunk, he takes her on a ride in his car, to buy her a dog. In a turn he crashes into a garden and hurts a man with his car. He and Alice run away from the accident in the car. Alice promises not to tell anybody about what has happened. When things are getting worse in the family, Alice decides to find the man in the garden and tell him that it is her father who hurt him.
- Sadly, there is nothing more left between Nadja and her husband, and as a grim epilogue, Rainer has to pack and go. But even now, is there a chance to salvage what's left of their tattered marriage?
- A man knocks at the door, steps in and declares that he is Åke, the eldest son of Albert. Albert hasn't seen him since he was a baby, and Herbert has never heard about any elder brother. Albert is happy and makes Åke a partner of the family firm. It turns out that Åke is work-shy and in great need of money. Herbert thinks he is just a parasite and leaves the family firm to start a scrap business of his own.
- Herbert tries to convince Albert to undergo an X-ray examination of his chest, but Albert refuses. When Herbert says that he will undergo the examination himself, Albert cannot shirk any longer. It turns out that Albert is healthy, but Herbert is informed that because of some technical problems there are no results from his examination. Herbert is sure that the clinic is just saying this, because they don't dare to tell him that he is actually dying.
- Herbert is going to be married. He and all the wedding guests are waiting in the church for the bride, who is late. Albert, who doesn't want to lose his son, starts to question the wedding, the bride and the bride's family in a loud voice. During the wedding ceremony the bride suddenly says no and runs away. As the wedding is canceled, the wedding guests now want to have their presents back.
- Albert thinks that Herbert has forgotten his birthday, but Herbert has planned a whole evening with pleasant surprises for Herbert, to celebrate this occasion. But things don't turn out the way Herbert has planned them. A drink at a modern bar, a visit to the theatre and a meal at a Chinese restaurant are too sophisticated amusements for Herbert. He would prefer a hot dog and a soft porno at the local cinema.
- Herbert goes out every evening, but refuses to tell Albert what he is doing. When Albert eventually worms out of Herbert that he has a girlfriend, Albert gets worried. To avoid being left alone in the future, he has to lure Herbert to get rid of the girlfriend in one way or another.
- Hoss mentors a lonely, mentally challenged man who, with superhuman size and strength, becomes extremely dangerous when angered. These efforts are undermined by a saloon girl who only wants this giant man-child to manipulate him.
- When 16-year-old Todd Grayson arrives from Boston to Virginia City, he is told that his father has been killed by Ben Cartwright. Ben shot Luke Grayson in self-defense, but Todd won't listen to this. The boy has only one thing in his head: to avenge his father by killing Ben Cartwright.
- The Sheriff in Bonanza orders his assistant to bring the murderer Jim Hardy to the state prison, where Hardy is going to be hanged. On the way the assistant is killed by a shot from a man, who releases Hardy and brings him to his boss, Jim Holbrook. Holbrook plans to kill his employer, the ranch owner Henry P. Murdock, and replace him with Hardy, who resembles Murdock. Through this switch, Holbrook will get control over the ranch himself. The sheriff thinks that it is Cisco who has killed his assistant. Cisco and Pancho have to solve the whole mystery to prove that they are innocent.
- Cisco and Pancho are asked by Marshal Ben Lane to track down a gang of counterfeiters in Durado. Cisco suspects the local banker and his clerk to be involved in the counterfeit, but cannot prove anything. He sets some traps for the gang. One of the traps involves arresting Pancho as an alleged bank robber.
- Jasper King has asked his old friend Cisco to help him stop the marriage between his niece Nancy and the gangster Duke Ralston. Cisco and Pancho break the wedding ceremony and run away with the protesting bride. During a quarrel about this Duke kills Jasper. Nancy tells the sheriff that it is Cisco and Pancho who have killed her uncle. To prove their innocence Cisco and Pancho have to find the real murder and deliver him to the sheriff.
- Joe Dawson, foreman at a ranch in San Saba, asks his old friend Cisco to come and help them catch a gang of cattle rustlers. When the leader of the gang hears of this, he orders two of his henchmen to kill Joe and blame the murder on Cisco. Cisco and Pancho have to keep away from the sheriff at the same as they are searching for the gang and the missing cattle.
- In the subterranean passages of a ruined castle in Transjordan, built by the Crusaders in 1140, US agent Johnny Marshall has found a statuette of a goddess, which had been hidden there for centuries. The local robber chief Haba Bey wants to lay hands on the statuette, because he could use this as a sign to drive the crowds into a frenzy and an uprising, which will overthrow the government. Haba Bey captures Marshall and tortures him. US special agent Steve Mitchell is sent to the region to find and release Mitchell.
- In a small country in South America the leader of the minority party is killed three days before the election. A US citizen, living in the country, is accused of the murder. The US government thinks this is just a frame, made up to put the majority party and their ally, USA, in an unfavourable light, thus rising the chances for the minority party to win the election. US special agent Steve Mitchell is sent down there to find out how it is.
- In a country in the Middle East the king is assassinated by a secret organization on behalf of a neighboring country. The assassination is arranged in such a way that all clues will point at USA as the principal behind the crime. But this is just a frame, made up by the neighboring country to get the contract for some oil-fields instead of the Americans. US agent Steve Mitchell knows who the real assassins are, but he has to find a way to prove this for the local government.
- After the war a lot of orphaned teenagers are drifting about in Berlin. Some of them have formed a gang of young criminals, who cover their faces with black hoods when doing their robbery. One of their victims happens to be a diplomatic courier, who loses his briefcase with secret papers to the gang. Steve Mitchell is commissioned to find the stolen briefcase before one of the other occupying powers in Berlin seize it.
- Steve Mitchell is sent to Cairo to track and catch the Order of the Secret Dove. This secret society, with both Arab and European members, is terrorizing the whole Middle East. It is a powder-magazine, which can explode the unstable, political situation in the region. A Greek has some information about the secret order, which he is willing to give Steve on certain conditions.
- 1950– 30mNot Rated6.1 (18)TV EpisodeThe Italian journalist Lorenzo has found out that the American mafia is financially supporting the Italian mafia in its terror campaign during the present election. He also knows the names of persons responsible for this, but won't tell it to anybody before he has written his articles. Steve Mitchell is commissioned to protect Lorenzo from being assassinated during his trip back to Rome.
- A truck kills an old lady and her little grandson at a crossing and drives away. The owner of the truck asserts that he let a man called Paul borrow the truck for one hour, but he doesn't know the last name of this man or where he lives. The police must investigate all circumstances, but should Friday and Smith really spend lots of resources on trying to find a man they hardly believe exists at all?
- It's Christmas Eve when Father Rojas at the Old Mission Plaza Church in Los Angeles discovers that the statue of the Infant Jesus is stolen from the crib. The statue's worth is only a few dollars, but it is of great sentimental value for the parish. Friday and Smith promise to try to get it back before mass on Christmas Day, but this means that they have less than 24 hours to catch the thief.
- A wild animal is by night stealing poultry and frightening the horse Starfire. The foreman thinks it is a cougar who has done this and wants to shoot it, but Lassie understands that the cougar is innocent. When Lassie finds out that the cougar has cubs but is too wounded to feed them, Lassie has to find meat for them and protect all of them from being shot.
- When visiting the bank as a customer, George Burns finds out that Lucy is instinctively funny and asks her to become a partner in his show. Mr. Mooney, who thinks this is an opportunity to get rid of her, accepts being her agent. The show opens in Santa Monica, where the new pair appear in a Burns and Allen-style act. George Burns is the straight man and Lucy the comedienne, who delivers the punchlines.
- Pippi takes a handful of gold-coins from her old suitcase and brings Tommy and Annika on a shopping-spree. In a sweet-shop Pippi buys almost all the sweets they have for sale. Outside the shop a lot of children are gathering and when Pippi steps out of the door, she gives an abundance of sweets to all of them. She also brings the children to a toyshop, where she buys toys to all of them.
- Pippi is embarking on her father's sailing-ship Hoppetossa. On the quay all children in the town, the policemen Kling and Klang, Miss Prysselius and a brass-band are gathered for a farewell-salutation. Tommy and Annika are sitting at the ground weeping. Pippi tries to console them, but in vain. She becomes uncertain if she really should go away with her father, or change her mind and stay with her friends.
- A traveling funfair visits the town. Pippi tries many of the amusements. She makes the highest score at the shooting-booth and the trial-of-strength. When no one succeeds to overpower Adolf the Strong Man, Pippi mounts the stage and overturns him. At the snake-charming Pippi grabs one of the pythons during the performance, without being attacked by the snake.
- Pippi has invented a new word - spunk - but she doesn't know what it is. Together with Tommy and Annika she tries to figure out what a spunk could be. They build a trap at Villa Villekulla in case it is some kind of a monster. But they don't believe much in this hypothesis, so they go out in town to find out if there is anything else that could be called a spunk.
- Pippi introduces Tommy and Annika to her father and the sailors on his sailing-ship Hoppetossa. She will go away with him and the ship the next morning and invites all children in the town to a big farewell-feast at Villa Villekulla. During the feast Pippi and her father perform some trials of strength, to find out who is the strongest. Tommy and Annika are sad about losing Pippi, and she admits feeling the same, but she tries not to think about it.
- Miss Prysselius shall take care of Tommy and Annika for some days, while their parents are away. They find this unbearable and ask Pippi what to do. Pippi suggests that they run away together in a rowing-boat, get shipwrecked and run ashore on a desert island. The plan is carried out, but when they wake up in the morning on the island, they discover that their boat is missing. Tommy and Annika start longing for their parents, and Pippi for her father.
- A pleasant man moves to a small town. He gives himself out as being a famous geologist, an expert in locating oil-deposits by signs in the surface of the landscape. Soon he is introduced into the community of the local businessmen. He reveals to them that he has found signs of an oil-deposit just outside the town. He offers them shares in the oil-field on very good conditions, but as soon as the money is paid and the contracts are signed, he prepares to leave the town immediately.
- 1952–195525mNot Rated6.0 (25)TV EpisodeElizabeth does not take seriously Alvin's attempt to win a photo contest. Elizabeth's performance of domestic duties falls short. The effects of physical events for Alvin, Elizabeth and Mrs. Skinridge alter their ability to act normally.
- The con artist Stitch discovers two weak spots in the character of the eccentric millionaire Titus Meely: a greed for earning lots of money with small investments and a passion for clairvoyance. Stitch gives himself out as being a famous expert in clairvoyance, who has invented an apparatus for projecting the inner visions of clairvoyants on a film screen. He persuades Meely to invest a huge sum of money in a project, where a clairvoyant will project information for new, epoch-making inventions on a screen.
- 1952–195526mNot Rated6.3 (22)TV Episode1. Alvin is studying nursery rhymes to be prepared for the visit of Elizabeth's four year old niece. 2. Elizabeth is in distress when Alvin for the first time in their marriage is going away on a short business trip. 3. Alvin and Elizabeth is staying over the weekend in Moosie's cabin and Elizabeth won't go to bed because of spiders.
- Blackie sees a robber jump into a taxi. After a car chase the robber gets away, leaving the taxi driver with a bullet in his arm. The taxi driver is an ex-convict, who Blackie once sent to jail. Blackie believes the taxi driver now to be an honest man and doesn't think he is mixed up in the robbery.
- A once famous film director is now working as night-watchman at the film studio. One night he knocks down another film director, who once was his assistant director but now is the famous one, and takes 300 dollars from him. The public defender cannot understand why somebody would destroy all of his former reputation for such a small crime.
- At school the children of the favela are told how the Portuguese crown was brought to Brazil, when Napoleon attacked Portugal. Acerola conceives Napoleon as something equivalent to the local gang-leader BB in his fights with other criminal gangs in the favela. Soon the schoolboys Acerola and Laranjinha get stuck in the middle of one of these fights.
- The postman cannot deliver the post in the favela, because the streets have no names and the houses no numbers. The ruling gangsters order Acerola to invent names for all the streets and put up signboards in all corners. But when the police gets hold of Acerola's handwritten map, the gangsters are in great danger.
- The gang-leader Deco falls in love with Acerola's sister Mirka. Because of this the social status of Acerola is changed in a twinkling. The young boy uses his new power to domineer and humiliate his former tormentors. When the love story between Mirka and Deco cracks, Acerola loses his protection and is in big trouble.
- A charming stranger acquaints himself with a wealthy family. After a while he reveals to them that instead of gas his car is running on a mixture of water and a special pellet. As this is much cheaper than gas, the oil companies threatened him, he says, when he tried to put this new product on the market. The wealthy family get excited by the prospect of gaining big profits from producing and selling the miraculous pellet. They give him all their money to secure the rights for it.
- It's two days before the Christmas holidays begin, but Pippi cannot have any holiday because she isn't a pupil. To set this right she decides to go to school for the first time in her life. At school she finds almost everything ridiculous and breaks all rules. When she is out playing in the snow, the two thieves Dunder-Karlsson and Blom seize the opportunity to sneak into Villa Villekulla and steal her bag with gold-coins.
- Tommy and Annika live with their parents in a small town. Beside their house is an uninhabited house called Villa Villekulla. One day a girl moves into Villa Villekulla with a horse and a monkey, but no parents. She tells Tommy and Annika that her name is Pippi Longstocking, that her mother is in heaven and that her father is a local king at an island in the South Pacific. Miss Prysselius asks the police officers Kling and Klang to bring Pippi to an orphanage, but they cannot seize her, because she is the strongest girl in the world.
- 196927m6.9 (84)TV EpisodeTwo thieves on the run visit Pippi to steal her gold-coins, but when she tells them that Mr. Nilsson is sleeping in the other room, they get frightened and run away, not knowing that Mr. Nilsson is only a small monkey. In the evening Pippi has invited Tommy and Annika to her birthday-party. She takes them to the attic, to see if they can find any ghosts. In the night the thieves come back, but they cannot overpower Pippi, the strongest girl in the world.
- Pippi takes Tommy and Annika on a ride to a desolate landscape by the sea. She has made dragons on strings for all of them. On her own dragon she places her monkey, Mr. Nilsson, so he can experience how it is to fly as a bird. From the dragons on the strings the children get the idea to let Pippi play a dragon in a cave, who chases Tommy and Annika. Meantime Mr. Nilsson disappears, so they have to go around searching for him.
- Pippi leads Tommy and Annika on a hunt for things thrown away. Pippi finds a rusty can and a wooden spool, but Tommy and Annika find nothing until Pippi gives them some hint of where to look. In the afternoon Pippi is invited to a coffee party at Tommy's and Annika's home. When she arrives to the party, she immediately breaks all rules of etiquette, smashes things and makes all the ladies totally shocked.
- Pippi repairs the old hot air balloon her father has left at the attic in Villa Villakulla. Meanwhile the two thieves Dunder-Karlsson and Blom steal her bag with gold coins. Miss Prysselius sees Pippi, Tommy and Annika up in the air in the balloon and orders the policemen Kling and Klang to stop them. The policemen start chasing both the balloon and the two thieves, without succeeding to get hold of any of them.
- Pippi prepares for Christmas. She bakes a huge number of gingerbread biscuits. In the big tree outside her house she has hung lots of Christmas presents. At Christmas Eve she sits at her window, looking out in the darkness at all the presents hanging in the tree. She feels lonely and thinks with sadness about having no one to give the presents to.