Hajen som visste för mycket

Hajen som visste för mycket (The Shark Who Knew Too Much) is a 1989 Swedish comedy film directed by Claes Eriksson and the second to star the members of Galenskaparna och After Shave.

Plot 
The rich stockbroker Samuel Plottner (Claes Eriksson) catches on when his son Joakim (Anders Eriksson) write a newspaper article entitled "Eternit Tiles makes you slimmer". The headline may Eternit flat manufacturer Davidsson & Locks shares skyrocket and everyone wants to know what Joakim knows.

Joakim claims that the whole thing was a printing error, the article was about cooking and that the title would be "Lasagna plates makes you slimmer". But he also has a secret. He and his two brothers, Alexander and Luke are really the same person, something that only he and their mother, Desiree knows.

Cast 
 Anders Eriksson - Joakim Plottner
 Claes Eriksson - Samuel Plottner
 Kerstin Granlund - Dixie Hopper
 Jan Rippe - Helge Lock
 Peter Rangmar - Lennart Cumberland-Brons
 Per Fritzell - Benny Hörnsteen
 Knut Agnred - Reverend Himmler
 Håkan Johannesson - Jorgen Lycke
 Charlotte Strandberg - Cilly Cumberland-Brons 
 Rolf Allan Håkansson - The Architect
 Laila Westersund - The lady on the street
 Charles Falk - High Guard

Tenacious trial 
In 2007, a lingering lawsuit was settled regarding the film Hajen som visste för mycket. Claes Eriksson reported TV4 when they found advertising in his film without his permission. Eriksson won over TV4, but the TV channel continued appeal until the matter was taken up by the Supreme Court. Eriksson won even there when the court said that TV4 violated Claes Eriksson through commercials.

See also 
 Galenskaparna och After Shave
 The movie soundtrack Hajen som visste för mycket

External links 

 
 
 Kulturtuben – Hajen som visste för mycket
 Hajen som visste för mycket på GAS-wikin

Category:Swedish films
Category:1980s comedy films
Category:Films set in Sweden
Category:Films directed by Claes Eriksson
Category:Films with screenplays by Claes Eriksson
Category:Galenskaparna och After Shave films
Category:Swedish comedy films