The Vicious Breed

{{short description|1954 film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Vicious Breed | image =File:The Vicious Breed.jpg | caption = West German poster | director =Arne Ragneborn | producer =Lars Burman | based_on = | writer = Arne Ragneborn | starring =Arne Ragneborn Carl-Olof Alm Sif Ruud Inga Gill | music = Charlie Norman Gunnar Lundén-Welden | cinematography = Sven Thermænius Åke Westerlund | editing = Carl-Olov Skeppstedt | studio = Metronome Studios AB | distributor = Sveafilm | released = {{Film date|1954|12|26|df=yes}} | runtime = 73 minutes | country = Sweden | language = Swedish | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Vicious Breed''''' (Swedish: '''''Farlig frihet''''') is a 1954 Swedish crime drama film directed by Arne Ragneborn and featuring Ragneborn, Carl-Olof Alm, Sif Ruud and Inga Gill.<ref>Qvist & Von Bagh p.61</ref> It was shot at the Stocksund Studios in Stockholm.

==Synopsis== A juvenile delinquent escapes from a detention centre and goes on a spree, committing a new series of crimes before he is eventually tracked down and cornered by the police.

==Cast== * Arne Ragneborn as 'Myggan' Strömholm * Maj-Britt Lindholm as Laila * Carl-Olof Alm as 'Bellman' * Fritiof Billquist as Homosexual * Sif Ruud as The Evil Lady * Jan-Olof Rydqvist as Tjoffe * Inga Gill as Mammie * Lars Ekborg as Knutte * Peter Lindgren as Inmate * Lars Burman as Inmate * Åke Grönberg as House Owner * Sven-Axel Carlsson as Inmate * Bengt Martin as Tommy, Homosexual * Georg Skarstedt as Man Walking at the Beach * Catrin Westerlund as Ulla, Bellman's Friend

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Qvist, Per Olov & von Bagh, Peter. ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0048060}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vicious Breed}} Category:1954 films Category:Swedish drama films Category:1954 drama films Category:1954 Swedish-language films Category:Films directed by Arne Ragneborn Category:Swedish black-and-white films Category:1954 Swedish films