Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brutally murdered with an axe. Police inspector Christer Wijk comes to the small village to find the murderer. He soon discovers the puzzle of evidence that makes almost everybody a suspect.
as Christer Wijk
as Vicar Tord Ekstedt
as Elisabeth Rydén
as Arne Sandell
as Barbara Sandell
as Connie Lundgren
as Hjördis Holm
as Frideborg Jansson
as Tekla Motander
as Mårten Gustavsson
as Susanne Motander
as Docent Ahlgren
as Alice Broman
as Cantor
as Forensic investigator
as Lotta Ekstedt
as Carl Sixten
as Bailiff
as Anna-Greta
as Train conductor