The film is based on a novel by an anonymous writer, who used the pseudonym "John W. Grow", which suggests that a British professional assassin (played by Michael Kitchen) was hired to kill Olof Palme.[2]
Plot
The film suggests that a British professional hit-man was hired by the CIA to assassinate the Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, because of Palme's stance on nuclear weapons in Scandinavia. The hit-man (Michael Kitchen) works for money alone and is very careful. He finds a Norwegian man (Bjørn Floberg) that hates the Swedish P.M. He also sets up a man to become a scapegoat (this character is Christer Pettersson, first convicted (by a disagreeing court [Note 1]) of the real assassination, but later acquitted in the appealing court[Note 2]). The Norwegian man kills Palme just as his wife notices Christer Pettersson. Soon afterwards the hitman kills the killer, and all traces pointing to the professional hitman are gone.
^Swedish courts don't use a jury, but the professional judge and three politically appointed so called "nämndemän", the judge didn't appreciate the prosecutor's proof, but the three "nämndemän" did
^Swedish appeal courts don't use a jury, but three professional judges and two politically appointed so called "nämndemän", the appeal court's acquittal was unanimous
